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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hepatitis b surface agn neutralization 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

$57.60

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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.

$96.00

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.

$9.60 with UPMC Health Plan vs $128.75 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $9.60 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $10.21 ↓ -82%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $10.33 ↓ -82%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $10.33 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.85 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $10.85 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $11.16 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.16 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $11.16 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $11.36 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $11.36 ↓ -80%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $11.87 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $12.56 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $13.13 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.07 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $16.94 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.83 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $19.46 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $27.68 ↓ -52%
Cigna New Business ASO $32.64 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $38.40 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $44.35 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $48.07 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $64.37 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $67.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $76.82 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $79.68 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $81.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $81.60 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $81.60 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $102.89 ↑ +79%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $128.75 ↑ +124%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hepatitis b surface agn neutralization at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $525.60 $10.21 – $744.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $67.80 $10.21 – $90.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $93.60 $9.37 – $132.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $57.00 $10.21 – $71.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $82.40 $10.21 – $92.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $67.80 $10.21 – $90.40

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