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M.avium-intra dna amp prob 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

$384.60

Cash price

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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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$641.00

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.

$30.30 with UPMC Health Plan vs $544.85 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 $30.30 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.84 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.89 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $37.90 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $38.60 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $68.92 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $91.01 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $158.21 ↓ -59%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $161.53 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $175.63 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $179.48 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $179.48 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $211.88 ↓ -45%
Aetna EBR FI $243.58 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $256.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $256.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $263.41 ↓ -32%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $352.55 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $352.78 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $423.76 ↑ +10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $448.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $512.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $512.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $544.85 ↑ +42%

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M.avium-intra dna amp prob at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $336.00 $29.25 – $504.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $393.60 $32.61 – $557.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $425.40 $25.68 – $602.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $471.60 $27.39 – $628.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $523.20 $31.82 – $741.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $570.40 $27.39 – $641.70

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