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Tb test cell mediated immunity antigen response gamma interferon 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

$510.00

Cash price

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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.

$850.00

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.

$53.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $756.57 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $53.51 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $61.26 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $65.08 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $66.93 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $66.94 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $68.18 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $78.12 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $78.12 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $100.03 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $105.32 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $110.87 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $121.03 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $162.49 ↓ -68%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $214.20 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $232.90 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $238.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $238.00 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $282.46 ↓ -45%
Aetna EBR FI $323.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $340.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $340.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $378.29 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $470.29 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $595.00 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $629.85 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $680.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $680.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $722.50 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $756.57 ↑ +48%

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Tb test cell mediated immunity antigen response gamma interferon at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $559.80 $57.60 – $793.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $415.80 $51.67 – $623.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $763.20 $61.26 – $1,081.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $209.40 $52.35 – $279.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $547.20 $56.21 – $775.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $345.00 $61.26 – $322.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $252.80 $56.88 – $284.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $209.40 $61.26 – $279.20

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