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Lymphocyte transformation mitogen 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

$415.20

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.

$692.00

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.

$48.45 with UPMC Work Partners vs $598.80 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $48.45 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $52.95 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $52.95 ↓ -87%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $52.95 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $52.95 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $52.95 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $53.93 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $53.93 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $56.34 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $67.75 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $74.53 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $81.30 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $88.08 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $100.47 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $105.47 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $107.21 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $115.46 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $116.25 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $134.51 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $223.58 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $299.40 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $353.38 ↓ -15%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $449.80 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $473.26 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $484.40 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $519.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $519.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $553.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $553.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $553.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $553.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $588.20 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $588.20 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $588.20 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $598.80 ↑ +44%

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Lymphocyte transformation mitogen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $537.60 $45.56 – $761.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $350.40 $40.87 – $525.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $491.40 $42.33 – $696.15
UPMC Muncy Muncy $630.00 $48.45 – $840.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $453.00 $44.47 – $641.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $272.40 $48.45 – $340.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $761.60 $48.45 – $856.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $630.00 $48.45 – $840.00

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