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Cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody 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

$282.60

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.

$471.00

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.

$11.18 with UPMC Health Plan vs $400.35 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 $11.18 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.80 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.60 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.98 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.99 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $14.24 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.92 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $15.92 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $20.38 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.46 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $22.59 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $24.66 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $33.95 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $59.01 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $79.03 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $98.25 ↓ -65%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $118.69 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $129.05 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $131.58 ↓ -53%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $131.88 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $131.88 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $158.06 ↓ -44%
Aetna EBR FI $178.98 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $188.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $188.40 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $329.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $376.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $376.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $400.35 ↑ +42%

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Cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $91.20 $12.03 – $129.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $100.20 $10.80 – $150.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $594.60 $12.80 – $842.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $251.40 $12.80 – $335.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $97.20 $11.74 – $130.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $72.60 $12.80 – $42.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $304.00 $12.80 – $327.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $251.40 $12.80 – $335.20

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