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Culture fungi definitive id yeast 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

$96.00

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.

$160.00

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.

$8.91 with UPMC Health Plan vs $136.00 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 $8.91 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $10.20 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $10.67 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $10.67 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.84 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.14 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $11.15 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $11.35 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.39 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.14 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $16.53 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $24.35 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $28.34 ↓ -70%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $40.32 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $43.84 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $44.80 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $44.80 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $49.26 ↓ -49%
Aetna EBR FI $60.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $64.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $64.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $65.97 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $82.01 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $109.84 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $112.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $128.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $128.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $131.93 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $136.00 ↑ +42%

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Culture fungi definitive id yeast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $110.40 $9.59 – $156.40
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $162.00 $8.60 – $243.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $254.40 $9.70 – $360.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $75.00 $10.20 – $100.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $67.20 $9.36 – $95.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $57.00 $10.20 – $71.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $90.40 $9.70 – $101.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $75.00 $10.20 – $100.00

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