Ar gene charac alleles 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

$2,002.80

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.

$3,338.00

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.

$84.46 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,675.80 with Humana — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $84.46 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $127.31 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $135.40 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $137.00 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $137.00 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $143.85 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $143.85 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $146.67 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $147.95 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $147.96 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $147.96 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $150.70 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $150.70 ↓ -92%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $157.44 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $196.44 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $234.43 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $270.86 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $313.96 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $392.87 ↓ -80%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,070.32 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial $1,259.20 ↓ -37%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $1,454.38 ↓ -27%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,731.40 ↓ -14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,203.60 ↑ +10%
InterGroup PPO $2,612.84 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $2,675.80 ↑ +34%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,675.80 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial $2,675.80 ↑ +34%

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Ar gene charac alleles at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,889.40 $84.46 – $150.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,002.80 $84.46 – $319.19
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,785.60 $83.66 – $2,380.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,124.00 $83.66 – $147.96

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