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Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$159.60
Cash price 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.
$266.00
Gross charge 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.
$17.78 with UPMC Work Partners vs $209.76 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $17.78 | ↓ -89% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $19.42 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $19.42 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Medicare Transplant | $19.42 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $19.42 | ↓ -88% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $19.42 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $19.78 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $19.78 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $20.09 | ↓ -87% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $20.67 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $22.10 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $24.11 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $25.07 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $26.12 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $29.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $31.27 | ↓ -80% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $31.79 | ↓ -80% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $34.24 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $47.12 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $78.32 | ↓ -51% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $104.88 | ↓ -34% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $123.79 | ↓ -22% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $159.25 | ↓ -0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $165.79 | ↑ +4% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $171.50 | ↑ +7% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $183.75 | ↑ +15% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $183.75 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $196.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $196.00 | ↑ +23% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $196.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $196.00 | ↑ +23% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $208.25 | ↑ +30% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $208.25 | ↑ +30% |
| Humana | Commercial | $208.25 | ↑ +30% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $209.76 | ↑ +31% |
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Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $118.20 | $14.99 – $177.30 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $302.40 | $16.71 – $428.40 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $108.00 | $15.52 – $153.00 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $88.80 | $17.78 – $118.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $158.40 | $16.31 – $224.40 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $100.20 | $17.78 – $125.25 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $107.20 | $17.78 – $120.60 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $88.80 | $17.78 – $118.40 |