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CT scan for therapy guide at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$823.20
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.
$1,372.00
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.
$109.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,166.20 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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $109.50 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $114.48 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $147.63 | ↓ -82% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $155.41 | ↓ -81% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $159.20 | ↓ -81% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $169.65 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $248.17 | ↓ -70% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $288.57 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $343.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $354.46 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $441.87 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $466.48 | ↓ -43% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $474.72 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $548.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $591.79 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $633.86 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $686.00 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $874.74 | ↑ +6% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $949.44 | ↑ +15% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $960.40 | ↑ +17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,138.76 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,166.20 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $1,166.20 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,166.20 | ↑ +42% |
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CT scan for therapy guide at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $777.00 | $109.50 – $1,165.50 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,322.40 | $81.44 – $1,873.40 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $843.60 | $109.50 – $1,195.10 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $855.60 | $109.50 – $1,212.10 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $1,276.80 | $78.05 – $1,596.00 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $592.80 | $86.87 – $790.40 |