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Debr g/per/abd wall 11006 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

$6,204.00

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.

$10,340.00

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.

$1,253.62 with UPMC Work Partners vs $8,789.00 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.

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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 Work Partners Workers Comp $1,253.62 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,286.06 ↓ -79%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $1,457.70 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $2,585.00 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,863.39 ↓ -54%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,515.60 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,569.51 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,834.88 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial $4,136.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,367.62 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $4,777.08 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,780.59 ↓ -23%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5,170.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $5,687.00 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $7,238.00 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $7,669.75 ↑ +24%
InterGroup PPO $8,582.20 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $8,789.00 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $8,789.00 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $8,789.00 ↑ +42%

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Debr g/per/abd wall 11006 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $10,447.20 $657.94 – $14,800.20

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