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Antibody id rbc panel 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

$426.00

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.

$710.00

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.

$9.29 with UPMC Health Plan vs $603.50 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $9.29 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $9.29 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $12.53 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $13.19 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $14.40 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $24.97 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $29.09 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $39.81 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $50.56 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $67.71 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $84.18 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $112.75 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $135.43 ↓ -68%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $178.92 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $194.54 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $198.80 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $198.80 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $269.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $284.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $284.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $296.10 ↓ -30%
Aetna of PA Medicare $360.10 ↓ -15%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $370.35 ↓ -13%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $370.39 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare $377.25 ↓ -11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $497.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $568.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $568.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $603.50 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Antibody id rbc panel at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $112.80 $9.29 – $377.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $235.80 $9.29 – $360.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,133.40 $8.45 – $1,605.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $205.80 $9.29 – $274.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $129.60 $9.29 – $360.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $403.20 $9.29 – $504.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $248.80 $8.45 – $279.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $205.80 $9.29 – $274.40

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