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Mayo receptor assay transferrin soluble 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

$592.20

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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.

$987.00

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.

$24.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $838.95 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 Managed Medicaid $24.20 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $24.20 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $31.57 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.63 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.34 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $36.14 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $37.49 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $38.40 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $39.49 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $39.50 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $40.23 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $59.28 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $71.33 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $123.99 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $166.05 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $206.44 ↓ -65%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $248.72 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $270.44 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $276.36 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $276.36 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $276.48 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $332.11 ↓ -44%
Aetna EBR FI $375.06 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $394.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $394.80 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $690.90 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $789.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $789.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $838.95 ↑ +42%

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Mayo receptor assay transferrin soluble at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $192.60 $24.20 – $272.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $355.80 $24.20 – $533.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $579.00 $24.20 – $772.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $240.00 $24.20 – $340.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $186.00 $24.20 – $232.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $700.00 $22.00 – $787.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $579.00 $24.20 – $772.00

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