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Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen 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

$928.80

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.

$1,548.00

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.

$16.67 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,315.80 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.67 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.22 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.22 ↓ -98%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $18.22 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.22 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.22 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $18.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna of PA Medicare $18.56 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $19.38 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $23.30 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $25.63 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $27.96 ↓ -97%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $30.29 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $34.55 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $35.44 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $36.27 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $36.87 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $39.71 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $45.20 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $75.14 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $100.62 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $118.76 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $159.05 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $201.24 ↓ -78%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,006.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,083.60 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $1,161.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,161.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,238.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,238.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,238.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,238.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,315.80 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,315.80 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,315.80 ↑ +42%

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Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,125.60 $15.68 – $1,594.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $378.00 $14.06 – $567.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,603.20 $14.57 – $2,271.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $721.20 $16.67 – $961.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $393.00 $15.30 – $556.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $85.80 $16.67 – $107.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $872.00 $16.67 – $981.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $721.20 $16.67 – $961.60

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