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Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$243.00
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.
$405.00
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.
$102.06 with Aetna vs $434.95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $102.06 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $110.97 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $113.40 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $113.40 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $153.90 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $162.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $162.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $162.38 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $198.65 | ↓ -18% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $202.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $217.47 | ↓ -11% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $222.75 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $227.07 | ↓ -7% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $255.57 | ↑ +5% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $270.37 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $276.14 | ↑ +14% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $283.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $284.00 | ↑ +17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $284.03 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $289.29 | ↑ +19% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $324.00 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $324.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $344.25 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $362.09 | ↑ +49% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $434.95 | ↑ +79% |
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Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $247.20 | $140.08 – $350.20 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $213.00 | $92.53 – $319.50 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $447.60 | $93.41 – $634.10 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $280.20 | $70.05 – $373.60 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $340.20 | $226.80 – $481.95 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $502.20 | $91.60 – $627.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $280.20 | $84.06 – $420.30 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $280.20 | $142.90 – $373.60 |