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Ghs chlamydia pneumoniae by pcr (arup) (306630) 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

$360.00

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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.

$600.00

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.

$30.30 with UPMC Health Plan vs $510.00 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 $30.30 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.84 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.89 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $37.90 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $38.60 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $43.75 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $43.75 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $58.98 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $62.08 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $67.78 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $73.67 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $91.01 ↓ -75%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $151.20 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $158.21 ↓ -56%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $164.40 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $168.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $168.00 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $211.88 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $228.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $240.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $240.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $263.41 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $352.78 ↓ -2%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $420.00 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $423.76 ↑ +18%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $480.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $480.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $510.00 ↑ +42%

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Ghs chlamydia pneumoniae by pcr (arup) (306630) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $424.20 $29.25 – $636.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $348.60 $32.61 – $493.85
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $652.20 $34.68 – $923.95
UPMC Muncy Muncy $54.00 $13.50 – $72.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $591.00 $31.82 – $837.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $195.60 $34.68 – $244.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $65.40 $14.71 – $73.58
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $54.00 $27.54 – $72.00

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