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Gammaglobulin ige 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

$144.60

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.

$241.00

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.

$14.21 with UPMC Health Plan vs $204.85 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 $14.21 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.27 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.28 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.78 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $17.78 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $18.11 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.25 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $19.25 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.95 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $27.32 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $28.00 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $29.82 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $32.13 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $55.85 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $60.73 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $66.03 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $67.48 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $67.48 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $74.79 ↓ -48%
Aetna EBR FI $91.58 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $92.98 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $96.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $96.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $124.53 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $149.58 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $168.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $192.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $192.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $204.85 ↑ +42%

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Gammaglobulin ige at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $307.20 $15.30 – $435.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $124.20 $13.72 – $186.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $678.60 $16.27 – $961.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $226.80 $16.27 – $302.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $14.93 – $113.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $82.80 $16.27 – $103.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $274.40 $16.27 – $308.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $226.80 $16.27 – $302.40

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