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Warde fluorescent antibody screen endomysial iga 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

$192.60

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.

$321.00

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.

$5.18 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $272.85 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $9.00 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $10.44 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $10.64 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $10.64 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.95 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $12.06 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.69 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.06 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.06 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $13.30 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.34 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $14.99 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.10 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $16.48 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $20.08 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $24.10 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $24.12 ↓ -87%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $80.89 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $87.95 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $89.88 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $89.88 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $121.98 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $128.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $128.40 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $224.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $256.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $256.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $272.85 ↑ +42%

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Warde fluorescent antibody screen endomysial iga at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $159.00 $5.18 – $225.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $213.00 $5.13 – $319.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $93.00 $5.18 – $131.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $83.40 $10.64 – $111.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.00 $10.64 – $144.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $66.60 $5.08 – $83.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $100.80 $9.67 – $113.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $83.40 $10.64 – $111.20

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