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Enzyme cell activity ra 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

$214.20

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.

$357.00

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.

$40.48 with UPMC Health Plan vs $303.45 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 Health Plan Commercial $40.48 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $40.92 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $43.52 ↓ -80%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $44.03 ↓ -79%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $44.03 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $46.23 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $46.23 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $47.55 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $47.55 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $47.55 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $48.39 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $48.43 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $48.43 ↓ -77%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $50.60 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $84.04 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $112.56 ↓ -47%
Cigna New Business ASO $121.38 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $134.32 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $142.80 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $164.93 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $179.90 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $196.35 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $225.11 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $249.90 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $296.31 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $303.45 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $303.45 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $303.45 ↑ +42%

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Enzyme cell activity ra at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $547.20 $32.23 – $775.20

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