Obstetric panel inc HIV tstg 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

$102.00

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.

$170.00

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.

$42.84 with Aetna vs $334.90 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 $42.84 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $46.58 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $47.60 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $47.60 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $64.60 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $64.63 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $68.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $68.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $71.93 ↓ -29%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $73.99 ↓ -27%
Aetna of PA Medicare $78.60 ↓ -23%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $80.84 ↓ -21%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $80.85 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare $82.35 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $89.74 ↓ -12%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $89.74 ↓ -12%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $119.00 ↑ +17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $120.98 ↑ +19%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $125.03 ↑ +23%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $127.35 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $136.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $136.00 ↑ +33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $139.03 ↑ +36%
Humana Commercial $144.50 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $167.45 ↑ +64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $208.18 ↑ +104%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $278.81 ↑ +173%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $282.93 ↑ +177%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $334.90 ↑ +228%

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Obstetric panel inc HIV tstg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $857.40 $70.06 – $139.03
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $264.60 $62.40 – $93.82
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $424.80 $69.57 – $93.82
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $896.40 $71.93 – $127.00
UPMC Altoona Altoona $351.60 $71.25 – $468.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $446.40 $27.01 – $669.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $486.60 $74.11 – $689.35
UPMC East Monroeville $307.20 $71.93 – $409.60

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