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Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified 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

$76.80

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.

$128.00

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.

$11.97 with UPMC Health Plan vs $164.53 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 $11.97 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.73 ↓ -83%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $12.88 ↓ -83%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $12.88 ↓ -83%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.52 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $13.52 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.91 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.91 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.91 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $14.17 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $14.17 ↓ -82%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $14.80 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $30.55 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $35.37 ↓ -54%
Cigna New Business ASO $43.52 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $51.20 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $59.14 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $61.43 ↓ -20%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $70.40 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $82.27 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $89.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $98.18 ↑ +28%
InterGroup PPO $106.24 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $108.80 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $108.80 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $108.80 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $131.49 ↑ +71%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $164.53 ↑ +114%

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Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $136.20 $10.74 – $204.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $285.00 $9.43 – $403.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $138.00 $11.12 – $195.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $36.60 $9.15 – $48.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $119.40 $11.68 – $169.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $72.00 $9.04 – $90.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $44.20 $9.95 – $49.73
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $36.60 $10.06 – $48.80

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