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Mayo pregnenolone 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

$153.00

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.

$255.00

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.

$19.21 with UPMC Health Plan vs $263.95 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 $19.21 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.43 ↓ -87%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $20.67 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $20.67 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $21.70 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $21.70 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $22.32 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $22.32 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $22.32 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $22.74 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $22.74 ↓ -85%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $23.76 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $31.44 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $32.87 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $42.38 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $42.86 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $44.62 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $48.71 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $56.75 ↓ -63%
Cigna New Business ASO $86.70 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $98.54 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $102.00 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $117.81 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $131.98 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $157.50 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $178.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $210.94 ↑ +38%
InterGroup PPO $211.65 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $216.75 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $216.75 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $216.75 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $263.95 ↑ +73%

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Mayo pregnenolone at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $222.00 $17.23 – $333.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $358.80 $20.43 – $508.30
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $325.80 $17.85 – $461.55
UPMC Muncy Muncy $349.20 $20.43 – $465.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $189.60 $18.75 – $268.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $314.40 $20.43 – $130.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $422.40 $20.43 – $475.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $352.20 $20.43 – $469.60

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