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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$42.00
Cash price 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.
$70.00
Gross charge 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.
$14.17 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $65.90 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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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $14.17 | ↓ -66% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $16.66 | ↓ -60% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $17.72 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $17.93 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $17.93 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $18.83 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $18.83 | ↓ -55% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $19.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $19.36 | ↓ -54% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $19.36 | ↓ -54% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $19.48 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $19.72 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $19.72 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $20.37 | ↓ -52% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $20.60 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $22.44 | ↓ -47% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $24.60 | ↓ -41% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $26.26 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $26.40 | ↓ -37% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $27.65 | ↓ -34% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $30.18 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $30.49 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $32.95 | ↓ -22% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $39.32 | ↓ -6% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $46.10 | ↑ +10% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $46.20 | ↑ +10% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $52.66 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $54.78 | ↑ +30% |
| Humana | Commercial | $56.10 | ↑ +34% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $56.10 | ↑ +34% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $56.10 | ↑ +34% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $65.90 | ↑ +57% |
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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $57.60 | $14.03 – $86.40 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $498.00 | $14.17 – $705.50 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $66.60 | $14.17 – $94.35 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $25.80 | $6.45 – $34.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $39.00 | $16.26 – $55.25 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $100.20 | $13.89 – $125.25 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $31.80 | $7.16 – $35.77 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $25.80 | $11.61 – $34.40 |