Rheumatoid factor quantitative at UPMC Presbyterian

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Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$67.20

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.

$112.00

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.

$5.61 with UPMC Work Partners vs $95.20 with Health Payors Organization — 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.61 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $6.12 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6.12 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare $6.12 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $6.12 ↓ -91%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $6.12 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $6.24 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $6.24 ↓ -91%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $6.52 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $7.73 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.50 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $9.28 ↓ -86%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $10.05 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $10.90 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.46 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $11.56 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.03 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.23 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $13.17 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $18.12 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $24.27 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $28.64 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $38.36 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $48.54 ↓ -28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $72.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $78.40 ↑ +17%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $84.00 ↑ +25%
Fidelis Medicare $84.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO $89.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $89.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $89.60 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $89.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $95.20 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $95.20 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $95.20 ↑ +42%

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Rheumatoid factor quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $38.40 $5.31 – $13.17
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $57.60 $4.73 – $10.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $162.60 $5.27 – $10.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $74.40 $4.90 – $12.07
UPMC Altoona Altoona $100.80 $5.61 – $134.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $28.80 $2.05 – $43.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $31.80 $5.61 – $45.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $42.00 $3.69 – $56.00

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