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Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine 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

$96.60

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.

$161.00

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.

$12.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $136.85 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 $12.00 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $14.40 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.32 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $15.60 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.74 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $16.74 ↓ -83%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $16.74 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.74 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.74 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $17.05 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.05 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $17.80 ↓ -82%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $17.81 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.68 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.99 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.42 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $30.25 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $50.28 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $67.33 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $79.47 ↓ -18%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $104.65 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $106.43 ↑ +10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $112.70 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $120.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $120.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $128.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $128.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $128.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $128.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $134.66 ↑ +39%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $136.85 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $136.85 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $136.85 ↑ +42%

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Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $298.20 $13.20 – $422.45
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $165.60 $12.92 – $248.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $222.60 $13.20 – $315.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $209.40 $13.20 – $279.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $13.20 – $113.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $78.60 $12.00 – $98.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $252.80 $12.00 – $284.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $209.40 $13.20 – $279.20

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