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Hla i typing high res 1 allele grp ea at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$688.80
Cash price 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.
$1,148.00
Gross charge 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.
$113.54 with UPMC Health Plan vs $898.03 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $113.54 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $113.54 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $146.69 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $153.08 | ↓ -78% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $161.14 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $167.91 | ↓ -76% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $175.91 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $178.40 | ↓ -74% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $183.48 | ↓ -73% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $183.49 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $186.89 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $192.87 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $197.57 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $204.52 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $214.82 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $219.52 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $219.52 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $297.92 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $313.60 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $313.60 | ↓ -54% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $335.27 | ↓ -51% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $449.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $548.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $558.22 | ↓ -19% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $627.20 | ↓ -9% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $627.20 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Commercial | $666.40 | ↓ -3% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $747.61 | ↑ +9% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $898.03 | ↑ +30% |
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Hla i typing high res 1 allele grp ea at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $888.00 | $113.54 – $666.40 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $1,253.40 | $113.54 – $705.60 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,253.40 | $103.22 – $666.40 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $448.20 | $112.05 – $597.60 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $549.60 | $113.54 – $666.40 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $981.60 | $113.54 – $1,227.00 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,363.20 | $103.22 – $639.90 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,183.20 | $113.54 – $621.60 |