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Ghs pseudocholinesterase,dibucain-inhibi 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

$78.60

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.

$131.00

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.

$7.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $137.39 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 Medicaid $7.70 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $8.05 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.38 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $10.93 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $11.38 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $11.93 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.11 ↓ -85%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $12.25 ↓ -84%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $12.25 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.86 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $12.86 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.23 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.23 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.23 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $13.47 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $13.47 ↓ -83%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $14.08 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.25 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $29.54 ↓ -62%
Cigna New Business ASO $44.54 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $51.29 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $52.40 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $60.52 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $68.69 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $81.98 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $91.70 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $108.73 ↑ +38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $109.79 ↑ +40%
Humana Commercial $111.35 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $111.35 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $111.35 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $137.39 ↑ +75%

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Ghs pseudocholinesterase,dibucain-inhibi at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $799.80 $7.00 – $1,133.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $108.00 $7.70 – $153.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $44.40 $7.70 – $55.50

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