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#resp virpnl dfa-adenovirus 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

$139.80

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.

$233.00

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.

$12.46 with UPMC Health Plan vs $198.05 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 $12.46 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.27 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.15 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.58 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.58 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $15.87 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $22.36 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $31.66 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $55.03 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $58.72 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $63.84 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $65.24 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $65.24 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $73.70 ↓ -47%
Aetna EBR FI $88.54 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $91.62 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $93.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $93.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $122.71 ↓ -12%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $128.15 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $147.40 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $163.10 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $186.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $186.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $198.05 ↑ +42%

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#resp virpnl dfa-adenovirus at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $136.80 $13.41 – $193.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $114.60 $10.56 – $162.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $162.60 $11.26 – $216.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $196.80 $11.26 – $221.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $162.00 $11.26 – $216.00

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