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Abl1 gene at UPMC St. Margaret

815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$2,004.60

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.

$3,341.00

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.

$232.46 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,839.85 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 Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $232.46 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $259.02 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $289.97 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $289.97 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $296.49 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $315.00 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $323.97 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $324.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $330.00 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $390.93 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $404.10 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $411.52 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $449.24 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $541.19 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $672.82 ↓ -66%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $841.93 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $901.09 ↓ -55%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $915.43 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $935.48 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $935.48 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,082.39 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,179.87 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $1,269.58 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,336.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,336.40 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,338.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,672.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,672.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,839.85 ↑ +42%

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Abl1 gene at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,373.80 $232.46 – $2,408.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,004.60 $230.27 – $922.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,373.20 $232.46 – $1,816.45
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,282.20 $272.07 – $871.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,217.80 $289.97 – $812.00

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