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Hcg quantitative 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

$386.40

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.

$644.00

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.

$13.99 with UPMC Health Plan vs $459.85 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 $13.99 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.88 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $15.05 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $15.05 ↓ -96%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.80 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $15.80 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.25 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.25 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.25 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $16.55 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $16.55 ↓ -96%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $17.30 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.06 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $18.88 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $22.75 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.35 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.63 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $26.18 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $27.98 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $45.46 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $60.88 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $72.66 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $97.31 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $121.76 ↓ -68%
Cigna New Business ASO $183.94 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial $216.40 ↓ -44%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $249.94 ↓ -35%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $378.70 ↓ -2%
InterGroup PPO $449.03 ↑ +16%
Humana Commercial $459.85 ↑ +19%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $459.85 ↑ +19%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $459.85 ↑ +19%

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Hcg quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $178.20 $12.55 – $267.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $283.20 $14.88 – $401.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $183.60 $12.99 – $260.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $301.80 $14.88 – $402.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $84.60 $13.65 – $119.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $76.20 $4.00 – $58.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $364.80 $14.88 – $165.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $301.80 $14.88 – $402.40

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