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Brace afo lg left 6607 at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$609.00
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.
$1,015.00
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.
$214.00 with Aetna vs $2,127.61 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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| Aetna | Medicare | $214.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $223.30 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $289.26 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $291.04 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $342.40 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $395.47 | ↓ -35% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $409.04 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $428.00 | ↓ -30% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $470.80 | ↓ -23% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $475.63 | ↓ -22% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $599.20 | ↓ -2% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $710.48 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial | $727.60 | ↑ +19% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $727.60 | ↑ +19% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $727.60 | ↑ +19% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $794.29 | ↑ +30% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $802.86 | ↑ +32% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,063.80 | ↑ +75% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,075.26 | ↑ +77% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,548.47 | ↑ +154% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $2,127.61 | ↑ +249% |
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Brace afo lg left 6607 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $1,288.20 | $185.52 – $842.61 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $796.20 | $125.64 – $1,725.28 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $618.60 | $206.20 – $1,309.38 |