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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hiv-1 antigen(s) hiv-1&2 antibodies 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

$168.60

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$281.00

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.

$22.38 with UPMC Health Plan vs $238.85 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

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 $22.38 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $23.80 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $24.08 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $24.08 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $25.28 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $25.28 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $26.00 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $26.01 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $26.01 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $26.49 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $26.49 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.26 ↓ -84%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $27.67 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $30.03 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $31.39 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $40.49 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $42.62 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $43.87 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $46.52 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $76.19 ↓ -55%
Cigna New Business ASO $95.54 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $102.04 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial $112.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $121.77 ↓ -28%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $129.82 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $163.08 ↓ -3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $196.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $204.07 ↑ +21%
InterGroup PPO $233.23 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $238.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $238.85 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $238.85 ↑ +42%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hiv-1 antigen(s) hiv-1&2 antibodies at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $200.40 $20.07 – $300.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $214.80 $23.80 – $304.30
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $168.60 $20.79 – $238.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $226.20 $23.80 – $301.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $268.80 $21.84 – $380.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $135.00 $23.80 – $168.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $273.60 $23.80 – $268.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $197.40 $23.80 – $263.20

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