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Warde sex hormone binding globulin 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

$155.40

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.

$259.00

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.

$18.76 with UPMC Health Plan vs $220.15 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 $18.76 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $21.47 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $22.82 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $23.47 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $23.47 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $23.90 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.67 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $28.40 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $28.40 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $35.60 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $38.29 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $40.31 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $44.00 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $61.88 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $65.27 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $70.97 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $72.52 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $72.52 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $82.87 ↓ -47%
Aetna EBR FI $98.42 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $103.03 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $103.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $103.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $137.99 ↓ -11%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $165.75 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $181.30 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $207.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $207.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $220.15 ↑ +42%

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Warde sex hormone binding globulin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $201.60 $20.19 – $285.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $137.40 $18.11 – $206.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $298.20 $21.47 – $422.45
UPMC Muncy Muncy $171.00 $21.47 – $228.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $119.40 $19.71 – $169.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $110.40 $21.47 – $138.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $206.40 $21.47 – $232.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $171.00 $21.47 – $228.00

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