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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
$87.60
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.
$146.00
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.
$13.24 with UPMC Work Partners vs $96.75 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.
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 Work Partners | Workers Comp | $13.24 | ↓ -85% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $13.26 | ↓ -85% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $13.39 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $13.39 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $13.39 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $13.66 | ↓ -84% |
| CBHNP | Commercial | $14.00 | ↓ -84% |
| CCBHN | Commercial | $14.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $14.46 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $15.40 | ↓ -82% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $16.07 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $16.10 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $17.96 | ↓ -79% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $19.46 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $19.86 | ↓ -77% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $25.14 | ↓ -71% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $26.96 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $45.02 | ↓ -49% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $48.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $50.80 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna of PA | TPA/Carrier | $51.60 | ↓ -41% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $64.50 | ↓ -26% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $70.39 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $83.85 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Commercial | $96.75 | ↑ +10% |
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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $302.40 | $12.44 – $428.40 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $143.40 | $13.24 – $191.20 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $66.60 | $4.83 – $99.90 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $97.80 | $8.70 – $130.40 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $212.40 | $13.24 – $283.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $413.40 | $13.24 – $482.30 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $87.60 | $13.26 – $127.02 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $86.40 | $11.99 – $122.40 |