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Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$424.20
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.
$707.00
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.
$28.76 with UPMC Health Plan vs $600.95 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.
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 |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $28.76 | ↓ -93% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $39.58 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $68.80 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $75.55 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $75.55 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $92.14 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $101.85 | ↓ -76% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $107.22 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $114.54 | ↓ -73% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $117.04 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $141.05 | ↓ -67% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $148.24 | ↓ -65% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $153.41 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $171.54 | ↓ -60% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $176.42 | ↓ -58% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $176.44 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $176.75 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $178.16 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $184.27 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $193.72 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $197.96 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $197.96 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $268.66 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $282.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $282.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $494.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $565.60 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $565.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $600.95 | ↑ +42% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $268.80 | $28.52 – $403.20 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $384.00 | $28.69 – $544.00 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $838.80 | $30.27 – $1,188.30 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $84.60 | $21.15 – $148.24 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $272.40 | $28.70 – $385.90 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $337.20 | $38.81 – $128.59 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $673.60 | $51.38 – $757.80 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $556.80 | $51.38 – $742.40 |