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Filter vena cava fem denali at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$6,039.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$10,065.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$894.08 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $7,517.40 with UPMC Health Plan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $894.08 | ↓ -85% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $920.46 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,016.00 | ↓ -83% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $1,341.12 | ↓ -78% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $1,374.85 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,381.76 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,625.60 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $1,698.75 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2,032.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,527.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,554.78 | ↓ -58% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,844.80 | ↓ -53% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $3,373.12 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,385.13 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $3,421.57 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3,454.40 | ↓ -43% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $3,454.40 | ↓ -43% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $3,454.40 | ↓ -43% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $6,770.26 | ↑ +12% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $7,517.40 | ↑ +24% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Filter vena cava fem denali at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $7,182.60 | $911.78 – $5,124.60 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $11,731.20 | $642.36 – $8,375.77 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $5,179.20 | $750.20 – $6,356.71 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $5,991.00 | $1,345.25 – $6,268.74 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $4,507.80 | $463.80 – $3,102.87 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $4,242.60 | $1,054.62 – $3,515.40 |