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Msh6 gene dup/delete variant at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$2,027.40
Cash price 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.
$3,379.00
Gross charge 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.
$129.34 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $2,885.24 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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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $129.34 | ↓ -94% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $142.27 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $155.21 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $168.14 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $191.81 | ↓ -91% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $201.34 | ↓ -90% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $204.67 | ↓ -90% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $220.42 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $235.22 | ↓ -88% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $257.04 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $257.04 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Medicare Transplant | $257.04 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $257.04 | ↓ -87% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $257.04 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $261.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $261.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $273.51 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $648.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,077.27 | ↓ -47% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,190.54 | ↓ -41% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,442.62 | ↓ -29% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $1,650.35 | ↓ -19% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,702.72 | ↓ -16% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,777.30 | ↓ -12% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $1,904.25 | ↓ -6% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $1,904.25 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $2,031.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2,031.20 | ↑ +0% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $2,031.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $2,031.20 | ↑ +0% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $2,158.15 | ↑ +6% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $2,158.15 | ↑ +6% |
| Humana | Commercial | $2,158.15 | ↑ +6% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,280.34 | ↑ +12% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $2,885.24 | ↑ +42% |
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Msh6 gene dup/delete variant at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,522.80 | $142.27 – $2,157.30 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $1,523.40 | $142.27 – $2,285.10 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $2,027.40 | $142.27 – $2,872.15 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,194.60 | $142.27 – $1,592.80 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,502.40 | $129.34 – $1,690.20 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,971.00 | $142.27 – $1,918.40 |