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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$334.20
Cash price 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.
$557.00
Gross charge 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.
$42.68 with UPMC Health Plan vs $437.48 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $42.68 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $44.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $57.54 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $58.43 | ↓ -83% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $60.57 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $65.24 | ↓ -80% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $66.12 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $69.38 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $70.20 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $70.20 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $73.71 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $73.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $75.81 | ↓ -77% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $75.82 | ↓ -77% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $75.82 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $77.22 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $77.22 | ↓ -77% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $80.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $94.05 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $163.33 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $172.72 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $203.20 | ↓ -39% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $218.74 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $234.70 | ↓ -30% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $261.04 | ↓ -22% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $349.61 | ↑ +5% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $355.60 | ↑ +6% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $421.64 | ↑ +26% |
| Humana | Commercial | $431.80 | ↑ +29% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $431.80 | ↑ +29% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $431.80 | ↑ +29% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $437.48 | ↑ +31% |
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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $118.20 | $42.68 – $177.30 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $441.60 | $38.80 – $625.60 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $335.40 | $42.68 – $475.15 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $336.00 | $42.68 – $448.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $424.80 | $42.68 – $601.80 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $390.60 | $42.68 – $488.25 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $406.40 | $38.80 – $457.20 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $336.00 | $42.68 – $448.00 |