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Pten gene full sequence 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

$399.00

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.

$665.00

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.

$119.70 with Aetna vs $1,203.95 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 $119.70 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $270.44 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $311.82 ↓ -22%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $365.75 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $432.25 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $439.20 ↑ +10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $449.52 ↑ +13%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $465.50 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $498.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $498.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $532.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $532.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $532.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $532.00 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $565.25 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $565.25 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $565.25 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $593.00 ↑ +49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $601.97 ↑ +51%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $648.00 ↑ +62%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $648.00 ↑ +62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $648.00 ↑ +62%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $648.00 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare Medicare $648.00 ↑ +62%
Aetna Medicare $660.00 ↑ +65%
Aetna of PA Medicare $660.00 ↑ +65%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $689.53 ↑ +73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $710.51 ↑ +78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $951.54 ↑ +138%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,203.95 ↑ +202%

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Pten gene full sequence at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $400.80 $227.12 – $660.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $575.40 $267.56 – $863.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $564.60 $355.70 – $752.80

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