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Ep & ablate supravent arrhyt 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

$48,183.60

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.

$80,306.00

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.

$704.87 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $68,260.10 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 $704.87 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,168.72 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $1,358.98 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,841.15 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,956.39 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,465.86 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,620.17 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,931.87 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $21,735.03 ↓ -55%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $23,388.60 ↓ -51%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $23,388.60 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $24,501.69 ↓ -49%
Aetna of PA Medicare $24,558.03 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $24,558.03 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $25,257.35 ↓ -48%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $25,259.69 ↓ -48%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $25,259.69 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare $25,727.46 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $25,727.46 ↓ -47%
Cigna New Business ASO $27,304.04 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $32,122.40 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $37,101.37 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $44,168.30 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $56,214.20 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $66,653.98 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $68,260.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $68,260.10 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $68,260.10 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ep & ablate supravent arrhyt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $43,075.80 $698.22 – $64,613.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $59,370.00 $704.87 – $84,107.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $30,975.00 $691.16 – $38,718.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $14,329.20 $993.28 – $25,257.35

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