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Genetic tstg severe inh cond 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

$12,863.40

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.

$21,439.00

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.

$395.08 with Cigna vs $7,022.07 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Cigna New Business ASO $395.08 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial $464.80 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $536.84 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $639.10 ↓ -95%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $813.40 ↓ -94%
InterGroup PPO $964.46 ↓ -93%
Humana Commercial $987.70 ↓ -92%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $987.70 ↓ -92%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $987.70 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,509.63 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,275.45 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,419.96 ↓ -81%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $2,448.56 ↓ -81%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $2,448.56 ↓ -81%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2,570.99 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $2,570.99 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,621.59 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,644.20 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,644.44 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,644.44 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $2,693.42 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $2,693.42 ↓ -79%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $2,813.91 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,511.04 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,190.03 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,350.78 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5,611.64 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $7,022.07 ↓ -45%

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Genetic tstg severe inh cond at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,156.20 $1,495.39 – $5,609.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $18,150.60 $409.68 – $6,305.54
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $5,325.60 $1,509.63 – $5,298.05
UPMC Muncy Muncy $13,264.80 $980.25 – $5,228.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $14,904.00 $910.40 – $2,644.44
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $13,264.80 $1,122.30 – $5,611.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $11,622.60 $852.01 – $2,644.20

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