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Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$3,387.00
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.
$5,645.00
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.
$834.64 with UPMC Work Partners vs $5,372.46 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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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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| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $834.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $900.85 | ↓ -73% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $970.51 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,919.30 | ↓ -43% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,005.73 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,258.00 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,384.45 | ↓ -30% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,500.35 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $2,607.99 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $2,686.23 | ↓ -21% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $3,104.75 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $3,126.67 | ↓ -8% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $3,348.68 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $3,364.54 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $3,364.54 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $3,532.77 | ↑ +4% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $3,532.77 | ↑ +4% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3,633.37 | ↑ +7% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $3,633.70 | ↑ +7% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $3,633.70 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,700.99 | ↑ +9% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $3,700.99 | ↑ +9% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,951.50 | ↑ +17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $4,685.35 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Commercial | $4,798.25 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $4,798.25 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $4,798.25 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $5,372.46 | ↑ +59% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $3,872.40 | $892.35 – $5,808.60 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $5,515.20 | $226.80 – $7,813.20 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3,105.60 | $834.64 – $4,399.60 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $3,933.00 | $241.92 – $5,244.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $3,158.40 | $829.03 – $4,474.40 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $4,714.20 | $217.35 – $5,892.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $4,756.80 | $241.92 – $5,351.40 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $3,933.00 | $241.92 – $5,244.00 |