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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe cns pathogen 12-25 targets 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

$1,408.80

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.

$2,348.00

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.

$359.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,995.80 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 $359.85 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $374.29 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $411.91 ↓ -71%
Aetna of PA Medicare $437.62 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $450.08 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $450.12 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare $458.46 ↓ -67%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $591.70 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $643.35 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $650.64 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $657.44 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $657.44 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $871.38 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $892.24 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $939.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $939.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,083.31 ↓ -23%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,168.81 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,291.40 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,450.85 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,643.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,742.76 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,878.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,878.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,995.80 ↑ +42%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe cns pathogen 12-25 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,596.60 $347.43 – $2,394.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,493.40 $374.29 – $1,994.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,797.60 $305.09 – $2,546.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $582.60 $145.65 – $776.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,298.60 $377.98 – $3,256.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3,829.20 $292.38 – $4,786.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $704.80 $158.58 – $792.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $582.60 $297.13 – $776.80

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