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Mayo muscle-specific kinase (musk) antibody 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

$2,202.60

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.

$3,671.00

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.

$6.94 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,120.35 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 $6.94 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $11.54 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $15.45 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.18 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $18.24 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.87 ↓ -99%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $19.87 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.87 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $19.87 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $19.87 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $20.24 ↓ -99%
Aetna of PA Medicare $20.24 ↓ -99%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $21.14 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $24.43 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $30.91 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $660.78 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,721.33 ↓ -22%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,019.05 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,386.15 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,569.70 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $2,753.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $2,753.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $2,936.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $2,936.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,936.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,936.80 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $3,120.35 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $3,120.35 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $3,120.35 ↑ +42%

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Mayo muscle-specific kinase (musk) antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $83.40 $6.94 – $118.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $168.60 $6.88 – $252.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $300.00 $6.94 – $425.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $235.20 $18.18 – $313.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $108.00 $16.69 – $153.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $93.60 $6.81 – $117.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $235.20 $18.18 – $352.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $235.20 $18.18 – $313.60

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