Htt gene charac alleles 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

$532.80

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.

$888.00

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.

$169.45 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $788.19 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.

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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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $169.45 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $255.40 ↓ -52%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $271.62 ↓ -49%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $274.83 ↓ -48%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $274.83 ↓ -48%
Aetna of PA Medicare $288.57 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $288.57 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $294.26 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $296.79 ↓ -44%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $296.82 ↓ -44%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $296.82 ↓ -44%
Cigna New Business ASO $301.92 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare $302.31 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $302.31 ↓ -43%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $315.84 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $355.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $394.10 ↓ -26%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $410.26 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $470.31 ↓ -12%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $488.40 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $600.58 ↑ +13%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $621.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $629.88 ↑ +18%
InterGroup PPO $737.04 ↑ +38%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $754.80 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $754.80 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $754.80 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $788.19 ↑ +48%

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Htt gene charac alleles at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $532.20 $169.45 – $302.31
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $532.20 $169.45 – $707.74
UPMC Altoona Altoona $513.00 $167.85 – $684.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $532.20 $99.16 – $798.30

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