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Allergen egg white ige 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

$42.00

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.

$70.00

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.

$4.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $66.86 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 $4.85 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.16 ↓ -88%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $5.22 ↓ -88%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $5.22 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5.48 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $5.48 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5.64 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.64 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5.64 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $5.74 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $5.74 ↓ -86%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $6.00 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.93 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $8.29 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.69 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.26 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $12.29 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $13.12 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $14.37 ↓ -66%
Cigna New Business ASO $16.66 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial $19.60 ↓ -53%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $22.64 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $24.96 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $33.43 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $34.30 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $39.90 ↓ -5%
InterGroup PPO $40.67 ↓ -3%
Humana Commercial $41.65 ↓ -1%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $41.65 ↓ -1%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $41.65 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $53.43 ↑ +27%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $66.86 ↑ +59%

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Allergen egg white ige at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $57.60 $4.35 – $86.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $66.60 $4.51 – $94.35
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $499.20 $5.16 – $153.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $86.40 $5.16 – $115.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $39.00 $4.73 – $55.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $30.00 $5.16 – $37.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $216.80 $4.82 – $24.07
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $25.80 $5.16 – $34.40

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