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Mayo a1app alpha 1 antitrypsin phenotype 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

$108.60

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.

$181.00

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.

$13.44 with UPMC Health Plan vs $153.85 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
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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 $13.44 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.29 ↓ -87%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $14.46 ↓ -87%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $14.46 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.18 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $15.18 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.62 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.62 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.62 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $15.91 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $15.91 ↓ -85%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $16.62 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.70 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $19.55 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $20.03 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.21 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.54 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $28.20 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $28.97 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $48.98 ↓ -55%
Cigna New Business ASO $61.54 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $65.60 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $72.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $78.28 ↓ -28%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $83.62 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $104.84 ↓ -3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $126.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $131.19 ↑ +21%
InterGroup PPO $150.23 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $153.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $153.85 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $153.85 ↑ +42%

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Mayo a1app alpha 1 antitrypsin phenotype at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $165.00 $12.05 – $247.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $89.40 $14.29 – $126.65
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $253.80 $12.48 – $359.55
UPMC Muncy Muncy $316.80 $14.29 – $422.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.00 $13.11 – $136.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $73.80 $14.29 – $92.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $383.20 $14.29 – $431.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $316.80 $14.29 – $422.40

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