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Hemoglobin fetal qualitative at UPMC Presbyterian

200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$79.80

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$133.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$6.53 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $80.75 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $6.53 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.18 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $7.84 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $7.90 ↓ -90%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $8.49 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $8.64 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $8.64 ↓ -89%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $8.64 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.64 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $8.64 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $8.80 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $8.80 ↓ -89%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $9.19 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $9.43 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $9.68 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $10.17 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $10.33 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11.13 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $14.64 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $24.33 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $32.58 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $38.45 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $51.50 ↓ -35%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $61.75 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $65.16 ↓ -18%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $66.50 ↓ -17%
Fidelis Medicare $71.25 ↓ -11%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $71.25 ↓ -11%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $76.00 ↓ -5%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $76.00 ↓ -5%
SelectCare Commercial $76.00 ↓ -5%
Multiplan PPO $76.00 ↓ -5%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $80.75 ↑ +1%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $80.75 ↑ +1%
Humana Commercial $80.75 ↑ +1%

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Hemoglobin fetal qualitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $54.00 $6.67 – $81.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $61.80 $6.91 – $87.55
UPMC Muncy Muncy $228.00 $7.18 – $304.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $86.40 $7.18 – $122.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $18.00 $7.18 – $22.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $276.00 $6.53 – $108.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $72.00 $7.18 – $96.00

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