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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$481.80
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.
$803.00
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.
$201.62 with Cigna vs $1,800.27 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $201.62 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $237.20 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $273.97 | ↓ -43% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $326.15 | ↓ -32% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $387.03 | ↓ -20% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $387.31 | ↓ -20% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $411.91 | ↓ -15% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $415.10 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $416.78 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $416.78 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $437.62 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $437.62 | ↓ -9% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $450.08 | ↓ -7% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $450.12 | ↓ -7% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $450.12 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $458.46 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $458.46 | ↓ -5% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $478.97 | ↓ -1% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $492.19 | ↑ +2% |
| Humana | Commercial | $504.05 | ↑ +5% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $504.05 | ↑ +5% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $504.05 | ↑ +5% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $672.11 | ↑ +39% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $900.14 | ↑ +87% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,074.21 | ↑ +123% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,438.68 | ↑ +199% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,541.86 | ↑ +220% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $1,800.27 | ↑ +274% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $454.20 | $211.20 – $681.30 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $2,071.20 | $305.09 – $2,934.20 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $454.20 | $190.76 – $643.45 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,886.40 | $325.43 – $2,515.20 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $454.20 | $302.80 – $643.45 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $876.60 | $292.38 – $1,095.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $529.60 | $119.16 – $595.80 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $438.00 | $197.10 – $584.00 |