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Mthfr gene analy common 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

$537.60

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.

$896.00

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.

$47.83 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $761.60 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $47.83 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $54.65 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $64.58 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $70.57 ↓ -87%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $70.57 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $70.57 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $70.57 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $70.57 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $71.87 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $71.87 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $75.09 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $82.51 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $137.15 ↓ -74%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $161.28 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $183.66 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $216.77 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $290.31 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $367.32 ↓ -32%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $492.80 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $582.40 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $627.20 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $672.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $672.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $716.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $716.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $716.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $716.80 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $761.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $761.60 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $761.60 ↑ +42%

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Mthfr gene analy common variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $357.60 $51.80 – $506.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $357.60 $51.49 – $536.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $357.60 $51.92 – $506.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $275.40 $51.02 – $367.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $357.60 $51.82 – $506.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $378.60 $45.84 – $473.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $349.60 $51.02 – $393.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $334.80 $51.02 – $446.40

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