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Avulsion nail plate partial/complete simple single nail plate 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

$398.40

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.

$664.00

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.

$28.32 with UPMC Health Plan vs $783.37 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 $28.32 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $29.61 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $38.19 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $40.20 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $43.88 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $131.35 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $141.46 ↓ -64%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $164.49 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $176.05 ↓ -56%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $189.44 ↓ -52%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $189.44 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $189.97 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $198.91 ↓ -50%
Aetna of PA Medicare $198.91 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $204.58 ↓ -49%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $204.60 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $204.60 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare $208.38 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $208.38 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $225.76 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $265.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $292.46 ↓ -27%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $306.77 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $364.58 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $391.69 ↓ -2%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $464.80 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $488.28 ↑ +23%
InterGroup PPO $551.12 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $564.40 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $564.40 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $564.40 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $783.37 ↑ +97%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Avulsion nail plate partial/complete simple single nail plate at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $366.60 $28.32 – $549.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $852.60 $28.32 – $1,207.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $477.00 $28.32 – $675.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $471.00 $28.32 – $993.28
UPMC Northwest Seneca $417.00 $28.32 – $590.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $520.80 $28.32 – $892.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $471.00 $12.69 – $993.28
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $471.00 $28.32 – $993.28

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