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Immunodiffusion nes 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

$229.20

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.

$382.00

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.

$13.89 with UPMC Work Partners vs $324.70 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.89 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.17 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $15.17 ↓ -93%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $15.17 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.17 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.17 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $15.46 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.46 ↓ -93%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $16.15 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $17.00 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.70 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $20.40 ↓ -91%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $22.10 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.21 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $26.46 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.90 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $28.97 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $29.94 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $38.66 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $64.25 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $86.04 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $101.56 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $136.01 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $172.09 ↓ -25%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $248.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $267.40 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $286.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $286.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $305.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $305.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $305.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $305.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $324.70 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $324.70 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $324.70 ↑ +42%

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Immunodiffusion nes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $129.60 $13.06 – $183.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $175.80 $11.71 – $263.70
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $181.20 $12.13 – $256.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $123.00 $13.89 – $164.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $129.60 $12.74 – $183.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $148.80 $13.89 – $167.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $123.00 $13.89 – $164.00

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