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Urine pregnancy test 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

$63.00

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.

$105.00

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.

$4.00 with CBHNP vs $55.66 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 $4.00 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $4.40 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $4.59 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $4.60 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.13 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid $5.56 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.51 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $8.52 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $8.61 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $8.61 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $8.61 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $8.78 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $9.30 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.56 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $12.77 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Commercial $14.18 ↓ -77%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $14.40 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $16.16 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $17.02 ↓ -73%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $18.00 ↓ -71%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $23.40 ↓ -63%
Humana Commercial $27.00 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $38.40 ↓ -39%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $55.66 ↓ -12%

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Urine pregnancy test at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $49.20 $4.40 – $66.30
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $83.40 $4.40 – $125.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $112.80 $4.40 – $150.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $39.00 $4.40 – $55.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $666.00 $4.00 – $102.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $85.20 $4.40 – $120.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $137.40 $4.00 – $22.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $93.00 $3.37 – $9.11

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