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Pten gene known fam variant 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

$121.20

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.

$202.00

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.

$27.36 with Aetna vs $167.99 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 $27.36 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $34.12 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $37.74 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $46.06 ↓ -62%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $50.33 ↓ -58%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $50.33 ↓ -58%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $50.33 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $50.33 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $50.33 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $51.26 ↓ -58%
Aetna of PA Medicare $51.26 ↓ -58%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $53.56 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $62.73 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $71.27 ↓ -41%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $83.60 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $84.00 ↓ -31%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $98.80 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $99.14 ↓ -18%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $106.40 ↓ -12%
Fidelis Medicare $114.00 ↓ -6%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $114.00 ↓ -6%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $121.60 ↑ +0%
Multiplan PPO $121.60 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $121.60 ↑ +0%
SelectCare Commercial $121.60 ↑ +0%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $129.20 ↑ +7%
Humana Commercial $129.20 ↑ +7%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $129.20 ↑ +7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $132.77 ↑ +10%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $167.99 ↑ +39%

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Pten gene known fam variant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $40.80 $23.12 – $57.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $43.80 $20.37 – $65.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $42.00 $26.46 – $56.00

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