healthcosts.net

Eval/fit voice prosthesis iii, st 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

$955.80

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,593.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$196.51 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,354.05 with Private Health Care Systems — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $196.51 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $203.51 ↓ -79%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $228.50 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $353.41 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $398.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $473.31 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $541.62 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $564.84 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $573.07 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $637.20 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $735.97 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $756.48 ↓ -21%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $796.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $876.15 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $946.62 ↓ -1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,115.10 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $1,322.19 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $1,354.05 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $1,354.05 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,354.05 ↑ +42%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Eval/fit voice prosthesis iii, st at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $852.60 $201.59 – $1,278.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $979.80 $91.52 – $1,388.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $806.40 $196.51 – $1,142.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $310.20 $77.55 – $413.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $375.20 $84.42 – $422.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $310.20 $97.63 – $413.60

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →