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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$483.00
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.
$805.00
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.
$39.81 with UPMC Health Plan vs $573.75 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 | $39.81 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $42.34 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $42.84 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $42.84 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $44.98 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $44.98 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $46.26 | ↓ -90% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $46.27 | ↓ -90% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $46.27 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $47.12 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $47.12 | ↓ -90% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $49.23 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $87.50 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $114.79 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $199.33 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $229.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $266.96 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $270.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $311.85 | ↓ -35% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $318.59 | ↓ -34% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $371.25 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $426.69 | ↓ -12% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $472.50 | ↓ -2% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $533.93 | ↑ +11% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $560.25 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Commercial | $573.75 | ↑ +19% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $573.75 | ↑ +19% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $573.75 | ↑ +19% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $300.00 | $35.71 – $450.00 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $664.80 | $31.36 – $888.25 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $379.20 | $36.99 – $537.20 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $517.80 | $33.45 – $690.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $385.80 | $38.85 – $546.55 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $238.80 | $30.05 – $143.25 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,043.20 | $33.45 – $704.70 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $517.80 | $33.45 – $690.40 |