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Application long leg splint 29505 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

$1,000.80

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.

$1,668.00

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.

$40.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,014.38 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 Medicaid $40.70 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $42.55 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $54.87 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $57.76 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $63.06 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $132.62 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $139.79 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $150.43 ↓ -85%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $150.43 ↓ -85%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $154.21 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $157.95 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $157.95 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $162.45 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $162.46 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $162.46 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $165.47 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $165.47 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $337.77 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $473.66 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $567.12 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $667.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $752.04 ↓ -25%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $770.62 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $937.49 ↓ -6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,007.19 ↑ +1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,167.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,255.57 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $1,384.44 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,417.80 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $1,417.80 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,417.80 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,014.38 ↑ +101%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Application long leg splint 29505 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $945.60 $40.70 – $1,418.40
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UPMC Muncy Muncy $471.00 $40.70 – $628.00
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UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $569.60 $40.70 – $640.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $471.00 $40.70 – $628.00

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