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Clamp isol transpolr 5mmx6.5cm transpolar 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

$19,246.20

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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.

$32,077.00

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.

$564.00 with Aetna vs $6,708.84 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
Aetna Medicare $564.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna New Business ASO $767.04 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial $902.40 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $912.11 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $1,042.27 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,128.00 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,240.80 ↓ -94%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,579.20 ↓ -92%
InterGroup PPO $1,872.48 ↓ -90%
Humana Commercial $1,917.60 ↓ -90%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $1,917.60 ↓ -90%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,917.60 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,504.57 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,531.60 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,354.42 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,390.53 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $6,067.10 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $6,708.84 ↓ -65%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp not published by hospital

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Clamp isol transpolr 5mmx6.5cm transpolar at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,909.60 $777.00 – $3,301.47
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $25,185.60 $54.00 – $6,759.87
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,736.40 $434.10 – $2,604.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $6,678.60 $894.37 – $2,504.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,100.00 $472.50 – $2,362.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $4,416.60 $781.38 – $2,604.60

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