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Ghs vaginal delivery only at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$7,320.60
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.
$12,201.00
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.
$619.68 with UPMC Health Plan vs $8,863.05 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 | Commercial | $619.68 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $1,486.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,640.16 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,929.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $2,228.69 | ↓ -70% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $2,456.98 | ↓ -66% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $2,653.20 | ↓ -64% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $2,816.99 | ↓ -62% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $2,856.95 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $3,031.30 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $3,031.30 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $3,182.86 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $3,182.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3,273.50 | ↓ -55% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $3,273.80 | ↓ -55% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $3,273.80 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $3,308.89 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,334.43 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $3,334.43 | ↓ -54% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,376.80 | ↓ -54% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $4,003.92 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Commercial | $4,100.40 | ↓ -44% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $4,100.40 | ↓ -44% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $4,100.40 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $4,124.87 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $4,431.52 | ↓ -39% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $5,524.38 | ↓ -25% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $8,863.05 | ↑ +21% |
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Ghs vaginal delivery only at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $11,280.60 | $630.14 – $15,980.85 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $6,562.20 | $642.43 – $9,296.45 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,012.80 | $253.20 – $2,456.98 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $4,464.60 | $50.26 – $5,580.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,224.80 | $275.58 – $1,691.16 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $9,063.60 | $1,536.00 – $12,084.80 |