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Mayo fibrinogen antigen 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

$76.80

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.

$128.00

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.

$10.90 with UPMC Health Plan vs $108.80 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 Medicaid $10.90 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $10.90 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.48 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.29 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.70 ↓ -81%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.18 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.47 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.62 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.62 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $15.91 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.08 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $16.89 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $23.17 ↓ -70%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $32.26 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $35.07 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $35.84 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $35.84 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $40.29 ↓ -48%
Aetna EBR FI $48.64 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $51.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $51.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $53.95 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $67.08 ↓ -13%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $89.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $89.83 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $102.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $102.40 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $107.91 ↑ +41%
Humana Commercial $108.80 ↑ +42%

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Mayo fibrinogen antigen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $75.60 $10.90 – $107.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $109.80 $10.90 – $164.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $102.00 $9.91 – $144.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $120.00 $10.90 – $160.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $78.60 $10.90 – $111.35
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $144.80 $9.91 – $162.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $120.00 $10.90 – $160.00

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