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CT 3d report other modality w/workstation at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$2,146.80
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.
$3,578.00
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.
$237.79 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,846.20 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.
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 BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $237.79 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $282.47 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $301.03 | ↓ -86% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $328.45 | ↓ -85% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $529.44 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $543.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $660.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $709.06 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $738.48 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $868.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $883.92 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $1,003.46 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,086.00 | ↓ -49% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $1,194.60 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $1,418.12 | ↓ -34% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,520.40 | ↓ -29% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,802.76 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,846.20 | ↓ -14% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $1,846.20 | ↓ -14% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,846.20 | ↓ -14% |
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CT 3d report other modality w/workstation at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $1,162.20 | $235.55 – $1,743.30 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,972.80 | $9.36 – $366.74 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $1,260.00 | $237.79 – $1,785.00 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $697.20 | $30.43 – $929.60 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $610.80 | $254.50 – $865.30 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $607.80 | $27.34 – $759.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $843.20 | $30.43 – $948.60 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $697.20 | $30.43 – $929.60 |