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Cftr gene known fam variants 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

$321.00

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.

$535.00

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.

$85.56 with UPMC Health Plan vs $471.78 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $85.56 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $89.45 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $90.35 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $96.09 ↓ -70%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $97.22 ↓ -70%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $97.22 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $101.42 ↓ -68%
Aetna of PA Medicare $102.08 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $102.08 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $104.99 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $105.00 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $105.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $106.94 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $106.94 ↓ -67%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $111.73 ↓ -65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $115.35 ↓ -64%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $121.42 ↓ -62%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $132.55 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $176.13 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $181.90 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $214.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $225.98 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $235.89 ↓ -27%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $247.17 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $281.51 ↓ -12%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $374.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $377.02 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $444.05 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $454.75 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $454.75 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $454.75 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $471.78 ↑ +47%

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Cftr gene known fam variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $340.20 $77.78 – $481.95
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $327.60 $85.56 – $436.80

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