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Ghs chlamydia pneumoniae by pcr (arup) (306630) at UPMC Somerset

225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$195.60

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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$326.00

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.

$34.68 with UPMC Work Partners vs $264.82 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.

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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 Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $34.74 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $35.09 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $35.09 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $35.09 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $35.79 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.89 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $43.75 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $45.66 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $45.74 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $51.02 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $52.04 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Medicaid $55.28 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $65.87 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $89.24 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Commercial $113.77 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $128.38 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $130.40 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $163.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $182.68 ↓ -7%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $211.90 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $244.50 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $264.82 ↑ +35%

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Ghs chlamydia pneumoniae by pcr (arup) (306630) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $424.20 $29.25 – $636.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $54.00 $13.50 – $72.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $591.00 $31.82 – $837.25
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $348.60 $32.61 – $493.85
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $652.20 $34.68 – $923.95
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $360.00 $30.30 – $510.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $65.40 $14.71 – $73.58
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $54.00 $27.54 – $72.00

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