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Fructosamine glycated protein 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

$106.80

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.

$178.00

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.

$15.58 with UPMC Health Plan vs $151.30 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 Managed Medicare $15.58 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.56 ↓ -84%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $16.76 ↓ -84%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $16.76 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.60 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $17.60 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.08 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.10 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.10 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.10 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18.17 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $18.44 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $18.44 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $18.91 ↓ -82%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $19.26 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.38 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.66 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $26.20 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $28.02 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $45.49 ↓ -57%
Cigna New Business ASO $60.52 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $60.93 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $71.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $72.71 ↓ -32%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $82.24 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $97.38 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $121.85 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $124.60 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $147.74 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $151.30 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $151.30 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $151.30 ↑ +42%

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Fructosamine glycated protein at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $100.20 $13.97 – $150.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $282.60 $16.44 – $400.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $197.40 $14.47 – $279.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $209.40 $16.56 – $279.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $66.60 $15.20 – $94.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $85.20 $16.56 – $106.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $280.80 $16.44 – $284.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $209.40 $16.56 – $279.20

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