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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$385.80
Cash price 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.
$643.00
Gross charge 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.
$38.73 with UPMC Health Plan vs $514.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $38.73 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $41.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $41.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $41.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $43.76 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $43.76 | ↓ -89% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $45.01 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $45.01 | ↓ -88% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $45.01 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $45.85 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $45.85 | ↓ -88% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $47.90 | ↓ -88% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $69.05 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $91.01 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $158.05 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $205.70 | ↓ -47% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $211.67 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $242.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $252.60 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $279.51 | ↓ -28% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $332.75 | ↓ -14% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $338.31 | ↓ -12% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $423.34 | ↑ +10% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $423.50 | ↑ +10% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $502.15 | ↑ +30% |
| Humana | Commercial | $514.25 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $514.25 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $514.25 | ↑ +33% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $223.80 | $34.74 – $335.70 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,189.20 | $30.50 – $1,684.70 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $403.80 | $35.99 – $572.05 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $253.80 | $32.54 – $338.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $306.60 | $37.80 – $434.35 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $307.20 | $32.54 – $345.60 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $253.80 | $32.54 – $338.40 |