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Lactoferrin fecal qualitative 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

$127.20

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.

$212.00

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.

$13.54 with UPMC Health Plan vs $180.20 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 Medicaid $13.54 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $13.54 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.16 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17.01 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $18.26 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $19.22 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.47 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $20.68 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $20.98 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $21.27 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $21.28 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $21.67 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $29.84 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $51.87 ↓ -59%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $53.42 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $58.09 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $59.36 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $59.36 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $69.46 ↓ -45%
Aetna EBR FI $80.56 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $84.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $84.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $86.36 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $115.66 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $138.92 ↑ +9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $148.40 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $169.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $169.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $180.20 ↑ +42%

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Lactoferrin fecal qualitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $119.40 $13.54 – $169.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $236.40 $13.54 – $354.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $797.40 $12.31 – $1,129.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $351.60 $13.54 – $468.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $198.00 $13.54 – $280.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $99.60 $13.54 – $124.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $424.80 $12.31 – $477.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $351.60 $13.54 – $468.80

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