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Bartonella dna pcr-sendout 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

$355.80

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.

$593.00

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.

$32.61 with UPMC Health Plan vs $504.05 with Private Health Care Systems — 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 $32.61 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $35.09 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $35.09 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.84 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $36.84 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.89 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $37.90 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $37.90 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $38.60 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $38.60 ↓ -89%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $40.32 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $43.75 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $45.74 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $58.98 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $62.08 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $67.78 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $69.28 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $91.01 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $158.05 ↓ -56%
Cigna New Business ASO $201.62 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $211.67 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $237.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $252.60 ↓ -29%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $273.97 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $338.31 ↓ -5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $415.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $423.34 ↑ +19%
InterGroup PPO $492.19 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $504.05 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $504.05 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $504.05 ↑ +42%

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Bartonella dna pcr-sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $393.00 $29.25 – $589.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $722.40 $34.68 – $1,023.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,133.20 $30.30 – $4,438.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $671.40 $34.68 – $895.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $306.00 $31.82 – $433.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $195.60 $34.68 – $244.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $812.00 $34.68 – $913.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $671.40 $34.68 – $895.20

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