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Organic acids total quant ea spec 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

$1,467.00

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.

$2,445.00

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.

$20.38 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,078.25 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 Medicare $20.38 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $23.32 ↓ -98%
Aetna of PA Medicare $24.78 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $25.02 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $25.02 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $25.49 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $25.49 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $25.96 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $33.74 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $35.52 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $38.11 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $38.77 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $45.17 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $78.52 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $105.15 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $130.73 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $175.08 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $210.31 ↓ -86%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $616.14 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $669.93 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $684.60 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $684.60 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $929.10 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $978.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $978.00 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,711.50 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,956.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,956.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,078.25 ↑ +42%

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Organic acids total quant ea spec at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $165.00 $21.93 – $233.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $171.00 $19.67 – $256.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $337.20 $22.75 – $477.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $277.20 $23.32 – $369.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $145.20 $21.40 – $205.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $36.00 $20.94 – $45.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $335.20 $22.75 – $377.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $277.20 $23.32 – $369.60

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