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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site 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

$85.80

Cash price

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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.

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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$143.00

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.

$19.63 with UPMC Health Plan vs $121.55 with Private Health Care Systems — 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 Commercial $19.63 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $22.95 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $35.75 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $38.80 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $39.85 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $40.56 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $48.62 ↓ -43%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $52.31 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $53.38 ↓ -38%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $55.06 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $57.20 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $60.11 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $63.70 ↓ -26%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $66.07 ↓ -23%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $71.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $74.03 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $85.31 ↓ -1%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $86.08 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $100.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $106.75 ↑ +24%
InterGroup PPO $118.69 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $121.55 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $121.55 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $121.55 ↑ +42%

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $79.80 $19.51 – $119.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $231.60 $11.74 – $328.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $91.80 $19.68 – $130.05
UPMC Muncy Muncy $91.20 $12.52 – $121.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $141.60 $19.64 – $200.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $86.40 $11.25 – $108.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $110.40 $12.52 – $124.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $91.20 $12.52 – $121.60

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