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Mayo fbl culture fungi blood 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

$264.60

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.

$441.00

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.

$13.71 with UPMC Health Plan vs $374.85 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 Medicaid $13.71 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $14.33 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.66 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $18.48 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $19.01 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $19.45 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.22 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $20.46 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $20.46 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $21.23 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $21.48 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $21.48 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $22.09 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $22.10 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $22.10 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $22.51 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $22.51 ↓ -91%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $23.51 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $24.75 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $42.98 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $57.57 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $68.70 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $92.01 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $115.13 ↓ -56%
Cigna New Business ASO $149.94 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $176.40 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $203.74 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $308.70 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $366.03 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $374.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $374.85 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $374.85 ↑ +42%

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Mayo fbl culture fungi blood at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $153.00 $13.71 – $229.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $75.00 $12.46 – $106.25
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