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Ghs ppd (tb intradermal) 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

$63.00

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.

$105.00

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.

$6.05 with UPMC Health Plan vs $89.25 with Humana — 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 Medicaid $6.05 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $6.33 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $8.16 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $8.59 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $9.37 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $11.33 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $17.81 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $21.70 ↓ -66%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $23.35 ↓ -63%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $23.35 ↓ -63%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $23.55 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $24.52 ↓ -61%
Aetna of PA Medicare $24.52 ↓ -61%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $25.22 ↓ -60%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $25.22 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $25.22 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $25.68 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $25.68 ↓ -59%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $27.38 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $30.93 ↓ -51%
Cigna New Business ASO $35.70 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $41.42 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $42.00 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $48.51 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $49.43 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $66.20 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $73.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $82.83 ↑ +31%
InterGroup PPO $87.15 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $89.25 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $89.25 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $89.25 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs ppd (tb intradermal) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $60.60 $6.05 – $90.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $51.00 $5.50 – $72.25
UPMC Northwest Seneca $57.00 $6.05 – $80.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $85.80 $5.50 – $29.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $26.20 $5.50 – $29.48
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $18.60 $6.05 – $25.19

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