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Serpina1 gene 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

$252.00

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.

$420.00

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.

$43.14 with UPMC Work Partners vs $334.38 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 $43.14 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $43.21 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $43.65 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $43.65 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $43.65 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $44.52 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $47.14 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $52.33 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $54.61 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $54.71 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $61.03 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $64.74 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid $66.12 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $78.42 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $81.94 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Commercial $146.58 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $165.40 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $168.00 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $210.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $230.65 ↓ -8%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $273.00 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $315.00 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $334.38 ↑ +33%

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Serpina1 gene at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $345.60 $40.56 – $489.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $345.60 $36.39 – $518.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $295.20 $43.14 – $357.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $345.60 $39.59 – $489.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $921.60 $43.14 – $737.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $345.60 $37.69 – $489.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $351.20 $43.14 – $376.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $332.40 $43.14 – $426.40

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