Ghs inj transforaminal cerv single bil at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$118.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,529.19 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $118.55 | — |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $123.94 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $159.82 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $168.24 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $183.66 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $230.85 | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $448.39 | — |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $521.38 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $591.77 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $788.77 | — |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $848.78 | — |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $848.78 | — |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $891.22 | — |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $891.22 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $916.60 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $916.68 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $916.68 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare | $933.66 | — |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $933.66 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,317.57 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,642.49 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,764.60 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,199.76 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $3,529.19 | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Ghs inj transforaminal cerv single bil at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $2,484.00 | $118.55 – $916.68 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $1,656.60 | $118.55 – $586.19 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $2,703.60 | $118.55 – $933.66 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $1,972.80 | $118.55 – $933.66 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $2,647.20 | $136.87 – $3,750.20 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $334.20 | $113.16 – $771.51 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $2,647.20 | $141.18 – $3,750.20 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $3,073.80 | $118.55 – $4,098.40 |