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Fibrin degradation products 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

$62.40

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.

$104.00

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.

$5.95 with UPMC Health Plan vs $88.40 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 $5.95 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $6.81 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $7.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.44 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $7.44 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $7.58 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7.85 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $10.47 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $10.47 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.42 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.12 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $14.86 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $16.22 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $23.32 ↓ -63%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $26.21 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $28.50 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $29.12 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $29.12 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $31.24 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $38.83 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $39.52 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $41.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $41.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $52.01 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $62.47 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $72.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $83.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $83.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $88.40 ↑ +42%

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Fibrin degradation products at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $273.00 $6.40 – $386.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $130.20 $5.74 – $195.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $820.80 $6.81 – $1,162.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $91.80 $6.81 – $122.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $45.00 $6.25 – $63.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $34.20 $6.81 – $42.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $111.20 $6.81 – $125.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $91.80 $6.81 – $122.40

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