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Ghs prostatic acid phosphatase (mayo) 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

$83.40

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.

$139.00

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.

$8.34 with UPMC Health Plan vs $118.15 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 $8.34 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.55 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.14 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.43 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10.43 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $10.63 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.83 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.61 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $17.04 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17.43 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $18.88 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $32.82 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $35.03 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $38.09 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $38.92 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $38.92 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $43.95 ↓ -47%
Aetna EBR FI $52.82 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $54.64 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $55.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $55.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $73.18 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $87.90 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $97.30 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $111.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $111.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $118.15 ↑ +42%

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Ghs prostatic acid phosphatase (mayo) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $81.60 $8.98 – $115.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $76.80 $8.05 – $115.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $87.60 $9.55 – $124.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $237.60 $9.55 – $316.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $49.20 $9.55 – $61.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $287.20 $9.55 – $323.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $237.60 $9.55 – $316.80

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