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Insitu hybridization manual 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

$785.40

Cash price

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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.

$1,309.00

Gross charge

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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.

$89.47 with UPMC Health Plan vs $990.25 with Humana — 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
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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 Commercial $89.47 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $136.33 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $142.53 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $183.80 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $192.34 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $193.48 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $211.22 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $318.70 ↓ -59%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $326.01 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $334.02 ↓ -57%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $342.95 ↓ -56%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $342.95 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $360.10 ↓ -54%
Aetna of PA Medicare $360.10 ↓ -54%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $370.35 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $370.39 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $370.39 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare $377.25 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $377.25 ↓ -52%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $379.08 ↓ -52%
Cigna New Business ASO $396.10 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $447.34 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $466.00 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $533.85 ↓ -32%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $538.23 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $714.98 ↓ -9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $815.50 ↑ +4%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $894.68 ↑ +14%
InterGroup PPO $966.95 ↑ +23%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $990.25 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $990.25 ↑ +26%
Humana Commercial $990.25 ↑ +26%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Insitu hybridization manual at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $720.00 $88.95 – $1,080.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $591.00 $76.03 – $837.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $615.00 $89.69 – $871.25
UPMC Muncy Muncy $512.40 $81.10 – $683.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $646.80 $89.51 – $916.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $664.80 $72.86 – $831.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $412.80 $81.10 – $619.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $512.40 $81.10 – $683.20

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