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Parathormone (pth) intact 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

$209.40

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.

$349.00

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.

$40.80 with UPMC Work Partners vs $228.00 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $40.80 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $40.87 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $41.28 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $41.28 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $41.28 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $42.11 ↓ -80%
CCBHN Commercial $42.50 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $44.58 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $46.75 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $48.79 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $48.88 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $54.53 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid $59.07 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $61.22 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $77.49 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $78.97 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Commercial $106.10 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Commercial $119.72 ↓ -43%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $121.60 ↓ -42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $152.00 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $154.63 ↓ -26%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $197.60 ↓ -6%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $224.17 ↑ +7%
Humana Commercial $228.00 ↑ +9%

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Parathormone (pth) intact at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $226.20 $38.36 – $320.45
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $385.80 $34.41 – $578.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $188.40 $40.80 – $251.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $204.00 $37.44 – $289.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $741.60 $40.80 – $1,050.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $471.00 $35.64 – $667.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $228.00 $40.80 – $210.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $188.40 $40.80 – $251.20

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