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Msh6 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

$2,027.40

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.

$3,379.00

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.

$167.58 with Aetna vs $5,388.79 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
Aetna Neighborhood Network $167.58 ↓ -92%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $182.21 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $186.20 ↓ -91%
Cigna New Business ASO $186.20 ↓ -91%
Aetna EBR FI $252.70 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $253.29 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $253.29 ↓ -88%
Aetna EBR ASO $266.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial $266.00 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $326.18 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $341.48 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $359.46 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $392.41 ↓ -81%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $465.50 ↓ -77%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $532.00 ↓ -74%
SelectCare Commercial $532.00 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $554.17 ↓ -73%
Humana Commercial $565.25 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $634.35 ↓ -69%
Aetna of PA Medicare $673.94 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $693.13 ↓ -66%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $693.20 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare $706.03 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,157.33 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,011.84 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,694.40 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,349.69 ↑ +65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,486.18 ↑ +121%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $5,388.79 ↑ +166%

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Msh6 gene full seq at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,522.80 $226.10 – $1,157.33
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,523.40 $253.29 – $2,285.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,027.40 $230.26 – $1,157.33
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,194.60 $253.29 – $1,592.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $399.00 $253.29 – $673.94
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,502.40 $230.26 – $1,690.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,971.00 $251.37 – $634.35

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