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Mayo selenium 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

$325.20

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.

$542.00

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.

$23.73 with UPMC Health Plan vs $460.70 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 $23.73 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $25.23 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $25.53 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $25.53 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $26.81 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $26.81 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $27.57 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $27.57 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $27.57 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $28.08 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $28.08 ↓ -91%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $29.34 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $53.27 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $70.07 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $121.68 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $162.96 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $184.28 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $194.48 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $216.80 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $250.40 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $260.46 ↓ -20%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $298.10 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $325.93 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $379.40 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $449.86 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $460.70 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $460.70 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $460.70 ↑ +42%

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Mayo selenium at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $168.00 $21.28 – $252.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,108.20 $18.68 – $1,569.95
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $300.00 $22.04 – $425.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $150.60 $19.93 – $191.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $236.40 $23.15 – $334.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $129.60 $17.91 – $162.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $182.40 $19.93 – $205.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $150.60 $19.93 – $200.80

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