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Antibody screen rbc 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

$71.40

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.

$119.00

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.

$8.44 with UPMC Health Plan vs $101.15 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 Medicare $8.44 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $9.10 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $9.29 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $9.29 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.66 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.26 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.55 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10.55 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $10.75 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $12.04 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $12.53 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $13.19 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $14.40 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $15.82 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $21.19 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $26.34 ↓ -63%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $29.99 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $32.61 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $33.32 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $33.32 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $35.28 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $42.38 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $45.22 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $47.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $47.60 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $83.30 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $95.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $95.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $101.15 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Antibody screen rbc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $115.80 $9.08 – $154.70
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $39.60 $8.14 – $59.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $202.80 $8.45 – $96.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $113.40 $9.29 – $151.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $54.00 $8.86 – $76.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $70.20 $8.92 – $73.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $136.80 $8.45 – $45.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $113.40 $9.29 – $151.20

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