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Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$108.00
Cash price 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.
$180.00
Gross charge 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.
$15.52 with UPMC Health Plan vs $219.40 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $15.52 | ↓ -86% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $17.78 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $18.88 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $19.42 | ↓ -82% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $19.42 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $19.78 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $22.10 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $22.10 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $23.82 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $29.79 | ↓ -72% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $31.36 | ↓ -71% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $34.24 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $45.36 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $47.12 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $49.32 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $50.40 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $50.40 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $68.40 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $72.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $72.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $81.91 | ↓ -24% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $109.70 | ↑ +2% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $126.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $136.38 | ↑ +26% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $144.00 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $144.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $153.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $182.65 | ↑ +69% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $219.40 | ↑ +103% |
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Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $118.20 | $14.99 – $177.30 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $302.40 | $16.71 – $428.40 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $159.60 | $17.78 – $208.25 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $88.80 | $17.78 – $118.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $158.40 | $16.31 – $224.40 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $100.20 | $17.78 – $125.25 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $107.20 | $17.78 – $120.60 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $88.80 | $17.78 – $118.40 |