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Cath place 1st order venous 36011 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

$7,861.80

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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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$13,103.00

Gross charge

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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.

$125.95 with UPMC Health Plan vs $11,137.55 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

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 Medicaid $125.95 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $131.68 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $169.80 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $178.75 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $195.13 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $474.53 ↓ -94%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $551.78 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,646.97 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,869.51 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare $3,275.75 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,666.95 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,455.02 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,571.22 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,911.06 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial $5,241.20 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $6,053.59 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6,122.17 ↓ -22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6,551.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $9,172.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $9,822.12 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $10,875.49 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $11,137.55 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $11,137.55 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $11,137.55 ↑ +42%

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Cath place 1st order venous 36011 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $6,134.40 $125.95 – $9,201.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $12,349.80 $125.95 – $17,495.55
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $5,364.60 $125.95 – $7,599.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $10,167.00 $125.95 – $14,403.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3,910.20 $125.95 – $4,841.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $307.20 $125.95 – $993.28

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