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Msh2 gene full seq 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

$399.00

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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.

$665.00

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.

$133.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,989.14 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.

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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 $133.51 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $133.51 ↓ -67%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $167.58 ↓ -58%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $179.99 ↓ -55%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $182.21 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $186.20 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $186.20 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $189.47 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $206.84 ↓ -48%
Aetna EBR FI $252.70 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $266.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $266.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $329.56 ↓ -17%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $377.24 ↓ -5%
Aetna of PA Medicare $400.79 ↑ +0%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $412.20 ↑ +3%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $412.24 ↑ +3%
Aetna Medicare $419.87 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $465.50 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $514.65 ↑ +29%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $532.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $532.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $565.25 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,071.50 ↑ +169%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,862.63 ↑ +367%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,494.57 ↑ +525%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,101.27 ↑ +677%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,153.47 ↑ +941%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,989.14 ↑ +1150%

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Msh2 gene full seq at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,522.80 $133.51 – $1,071.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,523.40 $133.51 – $2,285.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,523.40 $121.37 – $1,071.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,194.60 $133.51 – $1,592.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $399.00 $133.51 – $565.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,502.40 $121.37 – $1,690.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,824.00 $133.51 – $532.00

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