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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe chlamydia trachomatis 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.

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.

$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.

$23.19 with CBHNP vs $247.58 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
CBHNP Commercial $23.19 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $25.51 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.62 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $26.67 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.75 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid $32.23 ↓ -84%
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%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $52.04 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial $52.70 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Commercial $59.46 ↓ -70%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $60.40 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $65.87 ↓ -66%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $75.50 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $89.24 ↓ -54%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $98.15 ↓ -50%
Humana Commercial $113.25 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $170.78 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $247.58 ↑ +27%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe chlamydia trachomatis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $286.80 $25.51 – $430.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $276.00 $25.51 – $368.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $203.40 $25.51 – $288.15
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $257.40 $25.51 – $101.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $462.60 $23.19 – $655.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $320.40 $25.51 – $453.90
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $333.60 $23.19 – $375.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $276.00 $25.51 – $368.00

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