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Mayo metanephrines plasma 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

$384.00

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.

$640.00

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.

$14.30 with UPMC Health Plan vs $544.00 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 $14.30 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $14.30 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $14.63 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.74 ↓ -96%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.79 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.29 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.30 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $18.63 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.28 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.29 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $22.15 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $24.29 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $33.06 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $57.48 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $76.98 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $95.70 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $128.17 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $153.95 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $161.28 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $175.36 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $179.20 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $179.20 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $243.20 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $256.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $256.00 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $448.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $512.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $512.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $544.00 ↑ +42%

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Mayo metanephrines plasma at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $307.20 $14.30 – $435.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $202.80 $14.12 – $304.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $495.60 $13.00 – $702.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $411.00 $14.30 – $422.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $14.30 – $113.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $86.40 $13.00 – $78.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $496.80 $13.00 – $431.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $316.80 $14.30 – $422.40

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