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Ethanolamine oleate 100 mg 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

$1,156.80

Cash price

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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.

$1,928.00

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.

$178.62 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,638.80 with Humana — 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 $178.62 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $321.36 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $472.98 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $490.49 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $495.78 ↓ -57%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $508.96 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $508.96 ↓ -56%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $508.96 ↓ -56%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $508.96 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $508.96 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $534.41 ↓ -54%
Aetna of PA Medicare $534.41 ↓ -54%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $549.63 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $549.68 ↓ -52%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $549.68 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare $559.86 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $559.86 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $626.02 ↓ -46%
Cigna New Business ASO $655.52 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $656.92 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $663.99 ↓ -43%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $693.89 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $771.20 ↓ -33%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $806.87 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $890.74 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,313.83 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,349.60 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $1,600.24 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,638.80 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $1,638.80 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,638.80 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ethanolamine oleate 100 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $697.20 $178.62 – $987.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,605.00 $401.25 – $2,407.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,605.00 $481.50 – $2,407.50

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