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Giardia lamblia antibody 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

$100.20

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.

$167.00

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.

$13.68 with UPMC Health Plan vs $141.95 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 $13.68 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.54 ↓ -85%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $14.72 ↓ -85%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $14.72 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.46 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $15.46 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.90 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.90 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.90 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $16.19 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $16.19 ↓ -84%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $16.91 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $20.34 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $28.37 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $49.27 ↓ -51%
Cigna New Business ASO $56.78 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $65.99 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $66.80 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $77.15 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $78.75 ↓ -21%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $91.85 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $105.47 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $116.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $131.98 ↑ +32%
InterGroup PPO $138.61 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $141.95 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $141.95 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $141.95 ↑ +42%

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Giardia lamblia antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $74.40 $12.27 – $111.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $138.00 $10.78 – $195.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $201.00 $12.71 – $284.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $186.00 $13.35 – $263.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $81.60 $10.33 – $102.00

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