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Nras gene variants exon 2&3 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

$369.60

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.

$616.00

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.

$155.23 with Aetna vs $1,059.48 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $155.23 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $168.78 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $172.48 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $172.48 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $208.67 ↓ -44%
Aetna EBR FI $234.08 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $246.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $246.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $255.39 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $260.29 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $260.29 ↓ -30%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $292.33 ↓ -21%
Aetna of PA Medicare $310.58 ↓ -16%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $319.42 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $319.45 ↓ -14%
Aetna Medicare $325.37 ↓ -12%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $350.92 ↓ -5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $362.73 ↓ -2%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $369.40 ↓ -0%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $403.26 ↑ +9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $431.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $485.80 ↑ +31%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $492.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $492.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $523.60 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $603.95 ↑ +63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $808.86 ↑ +119%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $971.60 ↑ +163%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,059.48 ↑ +187%

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Nras gene variants exon 2&3 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,133.40 $208.67 – $523.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $369.60 $171.86 – $554.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $369.60 $208.67 – $523.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $369.60 $246.40 – $523.60

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