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Troponin quantitative 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

$291.00

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.

$485.00

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.

$9.87 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $412.25 with Humana — 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $9.87 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $10.86 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $11.84 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.32 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $12.83 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.47 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $13.47 ↓ -95%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $13.47 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.47 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.47 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $13.72 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.72 ↓ -95%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $14.33 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.64 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.36 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.62 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $16.82 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.84 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $23.34 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $38.80 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $51.96 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $61.33 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $82.13 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $103.92 ↓ -64%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $315.25 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $339.50 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $363.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $363.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $388.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $388.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $388.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $388.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $412.25 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $412.25 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $412.25 ↑ +42%

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Troponin quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $165.00 $10.86 – $233.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $176.40 $10.39 – $264.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $137.40 $10.77 – $194.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $91.20 $10.86 – $107.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $114.60 $10.86 – $162.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $63.60 $10.86 – $79.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $110.40 $9.87 – $109.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $91.20 $10.86 – $121.60

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