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Lactoferrin fecal quant 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

$242.40

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.

$404.00

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.

$19.40 with UPMC Work Partners vs $343.40 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 $19.40 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $21.20 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare $21.20 ↓ -91%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $21.20 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $21.20 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $21.20 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $21.59 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $21.59 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $21.94 ↓ -91%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $22.56 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $24.13 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $26.33 ↓ -89%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $28.52 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.54 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $34.15 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.72 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $37.39 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $51.45 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $52.39 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $85.53 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $114.53 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $135.18 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $181.04 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $229.06 ↓ -6%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $262.60 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $282.80 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $303.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $303.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $323.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $323.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $323.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $323.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $343.40 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $343.40 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $343.40 ↑ +42%

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Lactoferrin fecal quant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $194.40 $18.24 – $275.40
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $253.20 $16.36 – $379.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $181.80 $16.95 – $257.55
UPMC Muncy Muncy $166.80 $19.40 – $222.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $284.40 $17.80 – $402.90
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $212.00 $19.40 – $238.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $175.20 $19.40 – $233.60

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