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Warde folic acid rbc 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

$2,678.40

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.

$4,464.00

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.

$17.44 with UPMC Work Partners vs $3,794.40 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 $17.44 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.06 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $19.06 ↓ -99%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $19.06 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.06 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $19.06 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $19.41 ↓ -99%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19.41 ↓ -99%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $20.28 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $22.55 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $24.80 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $27.06 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $28.43 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $29.32 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $31.09 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $33.44 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $35.10 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $35.68 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $38.43 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $51.68 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $69.21 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $81.69 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $109.40 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $138.42 ↓ -95%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,901.60 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,124.80 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $3,348.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $3,348.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $3,571.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,571.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $3,571.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $3,571.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $3,794.40 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $3,794.40 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $3,794.40 ↑ +42%

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Warde folic acid rbc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $307.20 $16.40 – $435.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $175.20 $14.71 – $262.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $137.40 $15.24 – $194.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $190.20 $17.44 – $253.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $75.60 $16.01 – $107.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $90.60 $17.44 – $113.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $230.40 $17.44 – $259.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $190.20 $17.44 – $253.60

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