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Mayo chemiluminescent parathyroid related peptide 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

$401.40

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.

$669.00

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.

$13.12 with UPMC Health Plan vs $180.42 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.

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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 $13.12 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.96 ↓ -97%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $14.12 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $14.12 ↓ -96%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.83 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $14.83 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.25 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.25 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.25 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $15.53 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $15.53 ↓ -96%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $16.23 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $28.14 ↓ -93%
Cigna New Business ASO $31.96 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial $37.60 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $38.79 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $43.43 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $51.70 ↓ -87%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $65.80 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $67.36 ↓ -83%
InterGroup PPO $78.02 ↓ -81%
Humana Commercial $79.90 ↓ -80%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $79.90 ↓ -80%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $79.90 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $90.21 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $107.66 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $144.18 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $180.42 ↓ -55%

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Mayo chemiluminescent parathyroid related peptide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $181.80 $11.77 – $272.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $281.40 $10.33 – $398.65
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $833.40 $12.19 – $1,180.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $294.60 $11.02 – $392.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $129.60 $12.81 – $183.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $72.00 $9.90 – $90.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $356.80 $11.02 – $215.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $158.40 $11.02 – $211.20

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