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Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual 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

$304.20

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.

$507.00

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.

$83.22 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $430.95 with Humana — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $83.22 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $91.69 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $95.85 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $123.61 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $130.12 ↓ -57%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $142.05 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $144.52 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $151.82 ↓ -50%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $163.37 ↓ -46%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $163.37 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $171.54 ↓ -44%
Aetna of PA Medicare $171.54 ↓ -44%
Cigna New Business ASO $172.38 ↓ -43%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.42 ↓ -42%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.44 ↓ -42%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $176.44 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $179.27 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare $179.71 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $179.71 ↓ -41%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $190.58 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $193.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $202.80 ↓ -33%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $221.61 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $230.99 ↓ -24%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $234.23 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $309.36 ↑ +2%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $354.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $387.11 ↑ +27%
InterGroup PPO $420.81 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $430.95 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $430.95 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $430.95 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual at other Pennsylvania hospitals

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UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $241.20 $82.44 – $361.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $393.60 $42.58 – $557.60
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