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Warde sex hormone binding globulin 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

$298.20

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.

$497.00

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.

$21.47 with UPMC Work Partners vs $422.45 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 $21.47 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $23.47 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $23.47 ↓ -92%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $23.47 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $23.47 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $23.47 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $23.90 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $23.90 ↓ -92%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $24.97 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $25.82 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.02 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $28.40 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $30.98 ↓ -90%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $33.57 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $35.60 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $38.29 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $40.19 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $40.86 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $44.00 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $59.17 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $79.24 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $93.52 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $125.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $158.47 ↓ -47%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $323.05 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $347.90 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $372.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $372.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $397.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $397.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $397.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $397.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $422.45 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $422.45 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $422.45 ↑ +42%

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Warde sex hormone binding globulin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $201.60 $20.19 – $285.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $137.40 $18.11 – $206.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $155.40 $18.76 – $220.15
UPMC Muncy Muncy $171.00 $21.47 – $228.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $119.40 $19.71 – $169.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $110.40 $21.47 – $138.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $206.40 $21.47 – $232.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $171.00 $21.47 – $228.00

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