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Mayo prmb primidone therapeutic drug level 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

$322.20

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.

$537.00

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.

$15.42 with UPMC Health Plan vs $456.45 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 $15.42 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.40 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $16.59 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $16.59 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.42 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $17.42 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $17.92 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.92 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $17.92 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $18.25 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $18.25 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.70 ↓ -94%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $19.07 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $19.55 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.21 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.54 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $28.21 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $28.97 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $32.39 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $56.25 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $75.33 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $89.90 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $120.40 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $150.66 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $182.58 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $214.80 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $248.09 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $375.90 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $445.71 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $456.45 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $456.45 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $456.45 ↑ +42%

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Mayo prmb primidone therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $165.00 $13.83 – $247.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $130.20 $16.40 – $184.45
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $155.40 $14.32 – $220.15
UPMC Muncy Muncy $107.40 $16.40 – $143.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $81.00 $15.05 – $114.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $118.80 $16.40 – $148.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $129.60 $16.40 – $145.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $107.40 $16.40 – $136.00

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