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Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$3,418.80
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.
$5,698.00
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.
$244.86 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $3,172.26 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 | $244.86 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $278.25 | ↓ -92% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $367.29 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $372.97 | ↓ -89% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $376.53 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $378.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $445.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $465.23 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $556.50 | ↓ -84% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $779.10 | ↓ -77% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $923.79 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Commercial | $946.05 | ↓ -72% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $946.05 | ↓ -72% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $946.05 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,024.15 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,035.20 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,371.66 | ↓ -60% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,386.43 | ↓ -59% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $2,743.33 | ↓ -20% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $3,172.26 | ↓ -7% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $4,219.80 | $369.46 – $3,145.50 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $10,690.80 | $110.04 – $3,534.49 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $2,449.80 | $372.97 – $2,682.47 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,778.40 | $266.40 – $1,598.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $2,380.80 | $958.88 – $3,372.80 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $1,597.20 | $262.40 – $1,309.38 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $2,151.20 | $122.40 – $612.00 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,672.20 | $281.60 – $1,267.20 |