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Mayo serotonin 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

$369.60

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.

$616.00

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.

$28.79 with UPMC Health Plan vs $523.60 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 $28.79 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $30.62 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $30.98 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $30.98 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $32.53 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $32.53 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $33.46 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $33.46 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $33.46 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $34.08 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $34.08 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $34.10 ↓ -91%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $35.61 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $35.65 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $45.66 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $45.97 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $48.39 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $52.83 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $60.44 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $104.96 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $140.57 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $167.76 ↓ -55%
Cigna New Business ASO $209.44 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $224.68 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial $246.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $281.15 ↓ -24%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $284.59 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $431.20 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $511.28 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $523.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $523.60 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $523.60 ↑ +42%

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Mayo serotonin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $235.20 $25.82 – $352.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $532.20 $30.62 – $753.95
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $499.20 $26.75 – $707.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $631.20 $30.62 – $841.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $159.60 $28.10 – $226.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $157.20 $30.62 – $196.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $763.20 $30.62 – $858.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $631.20 $30.62 – $841.60

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