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Mlh1 gene dup/delete variant 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

$3,595.20

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.

$5,992.00

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.

$152.54 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $2,931.85 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $152.54 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $167.79 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $183.05 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $198.30 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $200.04 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $218.59 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $218.59 ↓ -94%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $218.59 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $218.59 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $218.59 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $222.64 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $222.64 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $226.22 ↓ -94%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $232.60 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $237.46 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $241.38 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $259.96 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $658.58 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,094.68 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,190.54 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,465.92 ↓ -59%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,650.35 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,730.23 ↓ -52%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,777.30 ↓ -51%
Fidelis Medicare $1,904.25 ↓ -47%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,904.25 ↓ -47%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $2,031.20 ↓ -44%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,031.20 ↓ -44%
SelectCare Commercial $2,031.20 ↓ -44%
Multiplan PPO $2,031.20 ↓ -44%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $2,158.15 ↓ -40%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $2,158.15 ↓ -40%
Humana Commercial $2,158.15 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,317.18 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,931.85 ↓ -18%

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Mlh1 gene dup/delete variant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,522.80 $167.79 – $2,157.30
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,523.40 $167.79 – $2,285.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,194.60 $167.79 – $1,592.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,502.40 $152.54 – $1,690.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,438.80 $167.79 – $1,918.40

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