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Igh@ var region somatic mutation analy 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

$2,296.20

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.

$3,827.00

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.

$273.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,739.10 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 $273.70 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $291.08 ↓ -87%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $294.52 ↓ -87%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $294.52 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $309.25 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $309.25 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $318.05 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $318.08 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $318.08 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $321.44 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $323.97 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $323.97 ↓ -86%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $338.47 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $352.69 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $368.72 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $418.47 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $475.49 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $500.54 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $546.42 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $558.22 ↓ -76%
Cigna New Business ASO $695.64 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $747.60 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $818.40 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $892.18 ↓ -61%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $945.25 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,194.89 ↓ -48%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,432.20 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,495.21 ↓ -35%
InterGroup PPO $1,698.18 ↓ -26%
Humana Commercial $1,739.10 ↓ -24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $1,739.10 ↓ -24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,739.10 ↓ -24%

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Igh@ var region somatic mutation analy at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,392.00 $245.51 – $2,088.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,090.40 $291.08 – $1,739.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,392.00 $254.29 – $1,972.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,283.40 $291.08 – $1,629.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,416.60 $267.10 – $1,739.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,702.80 $291.08 – $2,128.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,004.60 $291.08 – $1,530.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,169.00 $291.08 – $1,653.60

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