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#acylcarnitineprfl 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

$169.20

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.

$282.00

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.

$15.68 with UPMC Health Plan vs $239.70 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 Managed Medicare $15.68 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.67 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $16.87 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $16.87 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.71 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $17.71 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.22 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.22 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.22 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $18.56 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $18.56 ↓ -89%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $19.38 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $38.23 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $45.20 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $78.50 ↓ -54%
Cigna New Business ASO $95.88 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $105.14 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial $112.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $125.47 ↓ -26%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $130.28 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $155.10 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $168.04 ↓ -1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $197.40 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $210.27 ↑ +24%
InterGroup PPO $234.06 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $239.70 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $239.70 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $239.70 ↑ +42%

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#acylcarnitineprfl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $205.80 $14.06 – $308.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $829.20 $12.35 – $1,174.70
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,687.20 $14.57 – $2,390.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $144.60 $15.30 – $204.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $36.00 $11.83 – $45.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $268.80 $13.17 – $302.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $222.60 $13.17 – $296.80

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