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Mayo analysis gene jak2 p.val617phe variant 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

$1,702.80

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.

$2,838.00

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.

$45.48 with UPMC Health Plan vs $379.95 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.

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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 Commercial $45.48 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $61.74 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $79.14 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $90.59 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $96.24 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $98.98 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $98.99 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $100.83 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $107.32 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $110.06 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $110.06 ↓ -94%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $112.64 ↓ -93%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $122.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $125.16 ↓ -93%
Cigna New Business ASO $125.16 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $143.73 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $148.37 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $156.19 ↓ -91%
Aetna EBR FI $169.86 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $170.51 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $178.69 ↓ -90%
Aetna EBR ASO $178.80 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial $178.80 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $239.31 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $287.46 ↓ -83%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $312.90 ↓ -82%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $357.60 ↓ -79%
SelectCare Commercial $357.60 ↓ -79%
Humana Commercial $379.95 ↓ -78%

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Mayo analysis gene jak2 p.val617phe variant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,702.80 $40.80 – $115.06
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,702.80 $45.10 – $402.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,702.80 $47.87 – $568.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,323.00 $90.59 – $948.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,702.80 $45.38 – $379.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $529.80 $60.54 – $318.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,680.00 $90.59 – $1,016.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,608.60 $90.59 – $671.20

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