Cerv sr wire occ/man pre ots at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$223.20
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.
$372.00
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.
$81.84 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $1,408.65 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 | $81.84 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $93.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $126.48 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $148.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $171.86 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $186.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $191.52 | ↓ -14% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $204.60 | ↓ -8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $260.40 | ↑ +17% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $270.85 | ↑ +21% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $308.76 | ↑ +38% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $314.94 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Commercial | $316.20 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $316.20 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $316.20 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $525.88 | ↑ +136% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $531.56 | ↑ +138% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $704.33 | ↑ +216% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $711.91 | ↑ +219% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,025.13 | ↑ +359% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $1,408.65 | ↑ +531% |
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Cerv sr wire occ/man pre ots at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $223.80 | $189.71 – $557.84 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $227.40 | $191.52 – $866.85 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $58.80 | $18.62 – $706.44 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1,200.60 | $189.71 – $270.85 |