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Cath acuity innr ic130 6f 63cm 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

$6,454.80

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.

$10,758.00

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.

$7.04 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $578.45 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $7.04 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $7.25 ↓ -100%
Cigna New Business ASO $9.86 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $10.56 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $10.83 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial $11.60 ↓ -100%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $13.38 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.50 ↓ -100%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $20.30 ↓ -100%
InterGroup PPO $24.07 ↓ -100%
Humana Commercial $24.65 ↓ -100%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $24.65 ↓ -100%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $24.65 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $78.64 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $215.95 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $218.28 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $289.23 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $292.34 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $344.64 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $578.45 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp not published by hospital

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Cath acuity innr ic130 6f 63cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $21,034.20 $7.00 – $441.14
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $28,045.20 $5.94 – $383.99
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $8,586.00 $8.00 – $291.42
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,338.60 $9.50 – $287.39
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,546.40 $77.11 – $233.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $5,743.20 $5.94 – $85.60

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