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Ghs respiratory syncytical virus igg/m 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

$177.60

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.

$296.00

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.

$14.77 with UPMC Health Plan vs $251.60 with Private Health Care Systems — 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 $14.77 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.71 ↓ -91%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $15.89 ↓ -91%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $15.89 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $16.68 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $16.68 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $17.16 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.16 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $17.16 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $17.48 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $17.48 ↓ -90%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $18.27 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.57 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $20.46 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.38 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $27.77 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $30.32 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $30.55 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $35.33 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $61.36 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $82.18 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $98.07 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $100.64 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $118.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $131.35 ↓ -26%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $136.75 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $164.36 ↓ -7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $207.20 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $245.68 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $251.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $251.60 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $251.60 ↑ +42%

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Ghs respiratory syncytical virus igg/m at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $168.60 $15.71 – $238.85

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