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Warde 1015200 kappa light chain free 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

$115.80

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.

$193.00

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.

$7.39 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $164.05 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $7.39 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $12.29 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $13.82 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.20 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $16.46 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $16.58 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.07 ↓ -85%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $17.97 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.65 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.65 ↓ -84%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $18.65 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.65 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.65 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $19.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19.00 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $19.42 ↓ -83%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $19.85 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $20.50 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.51 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.87 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $23.55 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $26.01 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $32.91 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $40.23 ↓ -65%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $125.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $135.10 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $144.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $144.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $154.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $154.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $154.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $154.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $164.05 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $164.05 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $164.05 ↑ +42%

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Warde 1015200 kappa light chain free at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $349.80 $7.39 – $45.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $133.20 $7.32 – $199.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $192.00 $7.39 – $272.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $130.80 $15.20 – $174.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.60 $15.20 – $136.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $68.40 $7.25 – $85.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $158.40 $9.95 – $49.73
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $130.80 $15.20 – $174.40

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