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Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative 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

$969.00

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.

$1,615.00

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.

$4.02 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $1,372.75 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 $4.02 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $4.42 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $4.82 ↓ -100%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $5.23 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.96 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6.26 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.36 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $6.85 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.60 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.14 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.14 ↓ -98%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $18.14 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.14 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $18.48 ↓ -98%
Aetna of PA Medicare $18.48 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $19.30 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.19 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $32.78 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $54.49 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $72.97 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $86.13 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $115.34 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $145.94 ↓ -85%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,049.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,130.50 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $1,211.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,211.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,292.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,292.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,292.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,292.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,372.75 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,372.75 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,372.75 ↑ +42%

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Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $600.60 $4.42 – $850.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $126.60 $4.42 – $189.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $197.40 $4.42 – $279.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $198.00 $4.42 – $264.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $110.40 $4.42 – $156.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $85.80 $4.42 – $107.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $239.20 $4.02 – $269.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $198.00 $4.42 – $264.00

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