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Gonadotropin luteinizing hormone (lh) 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

$387.60

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$646.00

Gross charge

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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.

$17.21 with UPMC Health Plan vs $549.10 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 $17.21 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.31 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $18.52 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $18.52 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.70 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19.45 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $19.45 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $19.55 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $20.00 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.00 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $20.37 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $20.37 ↓ -95%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $21.29 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.21 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.54 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $26.56 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $28.97 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $36.12 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $62.73 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $84.01 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $100.26 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $134.28 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $168.03 ↓ -57%
Cigna New Business ASO $219.64 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $258.40 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $298.45 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $452.20 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $536.18 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $549.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $549.10 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $549.10 ↑ +42%

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Gonadotropin luteinizing hormone (lh) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $156.00 $15.44 – $234.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $793.80 $17.00 – $1,124.55
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $202.80 $15.99 – $287.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $255.60 $18.31 – $340.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $84.60 $16.80 – $119.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $94.20 $17.00 – $100.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $309.60 $17.00 – $348.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $255.60 $18.31 – $340.80

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