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Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
$212.40
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.
$354.00
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.
$51.23 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $416.02 with UPMC Health Plan — 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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $51.23 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $59.68 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $61.41 | ↓ -71% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $61.52 | ↓ -71% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $62.14 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $62.14 | ↓ -71% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $62.14 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $63.38 | ↓ -70% |
| CBHNP | Commercial | $63.85 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $67.10 | ↓ -68% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $67.34 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna of PA | TPA/Carrier | $68.40 | ↓ -68% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $70.23 | ↓ -67% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $73.30 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $73.43 | ↓ -65% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $81.92 | ↓ -61% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $85.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $88.75 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $92.16 | ↓ -57% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $111.15 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $116.65 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Commercial | $128.25 | ↓ -40% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $286.97 | ↑ +35% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $416.02 | ↑ +96% |
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Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $495.00 | $52.24 – $300.90 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $441.60 | $51.75 – $662.40 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $53.40 | $13.35 – $81.73 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $239.40 | $56.35 – $207.40 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $610.80 | $52.24 – $362.10 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $453.00 | $52.24 – $343.40 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $383.20 | $14.22 – $96.29 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $316.80 | $24.30 – $81.73 |