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Ghs HIV antibody 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

$103.20

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.

$172.00

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.

$12.74 with UPMC Health Plan vs $180.42 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 $12.74 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.54 ↓ -87%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $13.71 ↓ -87%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $13.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.40 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $14.40 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.81 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.81 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.81 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $15.08 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $15.08 ↓ -85%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $15.75 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.57 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $21.50 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $27.73 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $29.19 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $31.87 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $32.87 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $38.79 ↓ -62%
Cigna New Business ASO $58.48 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $67.36 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $68.80 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $79.46 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $90.21 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $107.66 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $120.40 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $142.76 ↑ +38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $144.18 ↑ +40%
Humana Commercial $146.20 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $146.20 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $146.20 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $180.42 ↑ +75%

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Ghs HIV antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $93.00 $11.43 – $139.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $643.80 $13.54 – $233.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $200.40 $13.54 – $267.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $255.60 $12.43 – $362.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $57.60 $13.54 – $72.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $200.40 $13.54 – $267.20

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