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Msh6 gene known variants 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

$235.80

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.

$393.00

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.

$80.61 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $358.88 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $80.61 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $128.99 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $134.00 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $141.89 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $154.79 ↓ -34%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $167.69 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $179.44 ↓ -24%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $191.29 ↓ -19%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $200.80 ↓ -15%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $204.11 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $209.93 ↓ -11%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $211.79 ↓ -10%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $219.82 ↓ -7%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $255.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $275.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $283.64 ↑ +20%
Fidelis Medicare $294.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $294.75 ↑ +25%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $304.41 ↑ +29%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $314.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $314.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $314.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $314.40 ↑ +33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $332.64 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare Medicare $332.64 ↑ +41%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $332.64 ↑ +41%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $332.64 ↑ +41%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $332.64 ↑ +41%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $334.05 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $334.05 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $334.05 ↑ +42%
Aetna Medicare $338.80 ↑ +44%
Aetna of PA Medicare $338.80 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $353.96 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $358.88 ↑ +52%

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Msh6 gene known variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $235.80 $141.89 – $325.64

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