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Sarscov coronavirus ag ia 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

$34.80

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.

$58.00

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.

$14.50 with Aetna vs $377.84 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 Medicare $14.50 ↓ -58%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $29.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $33.93 ↓ -3%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.92 ↑ +0%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $34.94 ↑ +0%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $37.70 ↑ +8%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $38.16 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Medicare $38.16 ↑ +10%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $38.16 ↑ +10%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $38.16 ↑ +10%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $38.43 ↑ +10%
Aetna of PA Medicare $38.86 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $40.60 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $40.60 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $41.93 ↑ +20%
Fidelis Medicare $43.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $43.50 ↑ +25%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $45.42 ↑ +31%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $46.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $46.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $46.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $46.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $49.30 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $49.30 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $49.30 ↑ +42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $51.82 ↑ +49%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.39 ↑ +56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $55.29 ↑ +59%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $59.54 ↑ +71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $84.87 ↑ +144%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $141.08 ↑ +305%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $188.92 ↑ +443%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $222.98 ↑ +541%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $298.63 ↑ +758%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $377.84 ↑ +986%

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Sarscov coronavirus ag ia at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $34.80 $16.18 – $84.07
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $39.00 $19.72 – $84.87
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $34.80 $14.62 – $84.87
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $34.80 $17.23 – $83.17
UPMC Muncy Muncy $34.80 $8.70 – $46.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $34.80 $23.20 – $49.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $84.60 $34.92 – $105.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $46.40 $10.44 – $52.69

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