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B cells total count 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

$364.20

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.

$607.00

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.

$32.58 with UPMC Health Plan vs $515.95 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 $32.58 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $37.28 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $39.62 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $40.74 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $40.75 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $41.50 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $46.38 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $46.38 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $53.08 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $62.52 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $65.82 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $71.85 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $98.89 ↓ -73%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $152.96 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $166.32 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $169.96 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $169.96 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $171.91 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $230.23 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $230.66 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $242.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $242.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $286.22 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $383.33 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $424.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $460.46 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $485.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $485.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $515.95 ↑ +42%

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B cells total count at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $631.80 $35.06 – $844.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $382.20 $31.45 – $573.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $876.00 $37.28 – $436.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $112.80 $28.20 – $150.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $335.40 $34.22 – $475.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $210.00 $37.28 – $262.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $136.00 $30.60 – $153.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $112.80 $37.28 – $150.40

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