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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$366.60
Cash price 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.
$611.00
Gross charge 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.
$36.99 with UPMC Health Plan vs $534.47 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $36.99 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $42.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $44.98 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $46.26 | ↓ -87% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $46.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $47.12 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $53.39 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $53.39 | ↓ -85% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $71.98 | ↓ -80% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $75.78 | ↓ -79% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $82.72 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $92.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $114.79 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $153.97 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $167.41 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $171.08 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $171.08 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $199.54 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $232.18 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $244.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $244.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $267.23 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $332.23 | ↓ -9% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $427.70 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $444.94 | ↑ +21% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $488.80 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $488.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $519.35 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $534.47 | ↑ +46% |
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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $271.20 | $35.71 – $406.80 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $309.00 | $39.81 – $437.75 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $350.40 | $42.34 – $496.40 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $505.20 | $42.34 – $673.60 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $236.40 | $38.85 – $334.90 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $259.20 | $42.34 – $298.50 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $611.20 | $42.34 – $687.60 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $505.20 | $42.34 – $673.60 |