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Gammaglobulin iga 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

$307.20

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.

$512.00

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.

$8.64 with UPMC Health Plan vs $410.55 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 $8.64 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.19 ↓ -97%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $9.30 ↓ -97%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $9.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $9.77 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $9.77 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $10.04 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.04 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10.04 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $10.23 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $10.23 ↓ -97%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $10.69 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $14.13 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $14.78 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.49 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $18.15 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.06 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.06 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $21.90 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $31.51 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $42.20 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $50.36 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $67.45 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $84.41 ↓ -73%
Cigna New Business ASO $164.22 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial $193.20 ↓ -37%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $223.15 ↓ -27%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $338.10 ↑ +10%
InterGroup PPO $400.89 ↑ +30%
Humana Commercial $410.55 ↑ +34%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $410.55 ↑ +34%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $410.55 ↑ +34%

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Gammaglobulin iga at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $171.60 $7.75 – $257.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $404.40 $9.19 – $129.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $68.40 $8.03 – $96.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $280.80 $9.19 – $165.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $8.43 – $113.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $51.00 $9.19 – $58.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $340.00 $9.19 – $62.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $280.80 $9.19 – $165.60

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