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Mayo inf agt nucleic acid amp prb helicobacter pylori clarithromycin resistance 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

$1,317.00

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.

$2,195.00

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.

$12.46 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,865.75 with InterGroup — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $12.46 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $20.71 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $27.73 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $32.74 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.10 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $37.90 ↓ -97%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $37.90 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.90 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $37.90 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $37.90 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $38.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $38.60 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $39.65 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $43.84 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $55.47 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $395.10 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,029.24 ↓ -22%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,207.25 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,426.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,536.50 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $1,646.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,646.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,756.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,756.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,756.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,756.00 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,865.75 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,865.75 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,865.75 ↑ +42%

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Mayo inf agt nucleic acid amp prb helicobacter pylori clarithromycin resistance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $987.60 $12.34 – $1,481.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $987.60 $21.66 – $1,399.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $987.60 $31.82 – $1,399.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $978.60 $34.10 – $1,304.80

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