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Mayo paval fluorescent antibody screen agna type 1 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

$192.60

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$321.00

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.

$10.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $272.85 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 $10.40 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.91 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.65 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.01 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.01 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $13.26 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.54 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.08 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $18.08 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $23.51 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.38 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.66 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $28.02 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $40.87 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $54.74 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $68.05 ↓ -65%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $80.89 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $87.95 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $89.88 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $89.88 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $91.14 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $109.48 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR FI $121.98 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $128.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $128.40 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $224.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $256.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $256.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $272.85 ↑ +42%

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Mayo paval fluorescent antibody screen agna type 1 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $165.00 $11.20 – $124.95
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $213.00 $10.04 – $319.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $383.40 $11.91 – $543.15
UPMC Muncy Muncy $132.60 $11.91 – $176.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.00 $10.93 – $136.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $66.60 $11.91 – $60.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $523.20 $11.91 – $113.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $132.60 $11.91 – $176.80

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