Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls 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

$623.40

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.

$1,039.00

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.

$138.62 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,286.18 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $138.62 ↓ -78%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $149.17 ↓ -76%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $149.17 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $156.63 ↓ -75%
Aetna of PA Medicare $156.63 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $161.09 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $161.10 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $161.10 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $164.09 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $164.09 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $183.82 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $220.00 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $230.00 ↓ -63%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $296.60 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $312.22 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $340.84 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $353.26 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $415.60 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $480.02 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $480.15 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $510.21 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $643.07 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $683.31 ↑ +10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $727.30 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $850.82 ↑ +36%
InterGroup PPO $862.37 ↑ +38%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $883.15 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $883.15 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $883.15 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,286.18 ↑ +106%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $586.80 $139.61 – $340.84
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $586.80 $124.35 – $230.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $783.60 $161.10 – $311.34
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $586.80 $128.79 – $312.22
UPMC Altoona Altoona $555.00 $152.12 – $740.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $284.40 $64.94 – $402.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,123.20 $210.00 – $1,497.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $284.40 $94.80 – $586.32

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