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Nudt15 gene 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

$477.00

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.

$795.00

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.

$143.10 with Aetna vs $799.71 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $143.10 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $179.64 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $213.28 ↓ -55%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $287.96 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $298.59 ↓ -37%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $314.67 ↓ -34%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $314.67 ↓ -34%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $314.67 ↓ -34%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $314.67 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Medicare $314.67 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare $320.50 ↓ -33%
Aetna of PA Medicare $320.50 ↓ -33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $334.84 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $372.78 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $399.85 ↓ -16%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $437.25 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $471.95 ↓ -1%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $516.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $556.50 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $596.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $596.25 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $632.05 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $636.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $636.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $636.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $636.00 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $675.75 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $675.75 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $675.75 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $799.71 ↑ +68%

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Nudt15 gene common variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $477.00 $177.94 – $715.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $477.00 $179.64 – $675.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $450.00 $112.50 – $600.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $477.00 $264.23 – $675.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $450.00 $135.00 – $675.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $472.80 $227.49 – $630.40

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