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17-hydroxypregnenolone at UPMC Passavant-McCandless

9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 7, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$168.60

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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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$281.00

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.

$21.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $291.36 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 Health Plan Managed Medicare $21.20 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $22.55 ↓ -87%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $22.81 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $22.81 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $23.95 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $23.95 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $24.63 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $24.63 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $24.63 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $25.09 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $25.09 ↓ -85%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $26.22 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $34.69 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $36.27 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $46.77 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $47.48 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $49.24 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $53.75 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $62.64 ↓ -63%
Cigna New Business ASO $95.54 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $108.78 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $112.40 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $129.82 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $145.68 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $173.85 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $196.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $232.84 ↑ +38%
InterGroup PPO $233.23 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $238.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $238.85 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $238.85 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $291.36 ↑ +73%

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17-hydroxypregnenolone at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $243.00 $19.01 – $364.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $302.40 $22.55 – $428.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $384.00 $19.69 – $544.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $307.20 $22.55 – $409.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $325.20 $20.69 – $460.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $49.20 $22.55 – $61.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $372.00 $22.55 – $418.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $307.20 $22.55 – $409.60

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