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Ecmo/ecls insj prph cannula 6yrs&older perq 33952 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

$1,630.80

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.

$2,718.00

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.

$301.01 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,310.30 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $301.01 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $533.42 ↓ -67%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $620.26 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $670.19 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $679.50 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $835.46 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $897.57 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $924.12 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $1,087.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,118.92 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,148.08 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $1,255.72 ↓ -23%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,359.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,494.90 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,795.15 ↑ +10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,902.60 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $2,255.94 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $2,310.30 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $2,310.30 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,310.30 ↑ +42%

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Ecmo/ecls insj prph cannula 6yrs&older perq 33952 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,360.20 $298.17 – $2,040.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,515.00 $301.01 – $2,146.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,248.80 $301.01 – $3,185.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,958.40 $533.42 – $2,774.40

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