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Brace ank air stirrup univ at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$321.00
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.
$535.00
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.
$104.94 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $900.32 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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| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $104.94 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $119.25 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $122.40 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $162.18 | ↓ -49% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $173.07 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $190.80 | ↓ -41% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $201.25 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $220.37 | ↓ -31% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $238.50 | ↓ -26% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $262.35 | ↓ -18% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $333.90 | ↑ +4% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $336.11 | ↑ +5% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $339.74 | ↑ +6% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $368.20 | ↑ +15% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $395.91 | ↑ +23% |
| Humana | Commercial | $405.45 | ↑ +26% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $405.45 | ↑ +26% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $405.45 | ↑ +26% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $450.16 | ↑ +40% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $455.01 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $900.32 | ↑ +180% |
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Brace ank air stirrup univ at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $304.20 | $121.25 – $456.30 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $316.20 | $63.24 – $447.95 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $310.20 | $103.40 – $439.45 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $272.40 | $68.10 – $363.20 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $249.60 | $104.00 – $353.60 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $328.80 | $73.98 – $369.90 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $272.40 | $77.16 – $363.20 |