Mpsv4 vaccine subq 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

$82.20

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.

$137.00

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.

$34.25 with Aetna vs $993.90 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
Aetna Medicare $34.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business ASO $46.58 ↓ -43%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $49.31 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $54.80 ↓ -33%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $57.33 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $57.87 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $63.29 ↓ -23%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $68.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $75.35 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $95.90 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $113.71 ↑ +38%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $116.45 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $116.45 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $116.45 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $135.13 ↑ +64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $371.05 ↑ +351%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $375.05 ↑ +356%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $496.95 ↑ +505%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $502.30 ↑ +511%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $993.90 ↑ +1109%

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Mpsv4 vaccine subq at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $97.80 $123.57 – $138.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $82.20 $123.57 – $133.85
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $82.20 $135.13 – $135.13
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $82.20 $135.13 – $135.13
UPMC Altoona Altoona $82.20 $50.94 – $249.39
UPMC Bedford Everett $82.20 $34.25 – $371.19
UPMC East Monroeville $82.20 $16.39 – $135.13
UPMC Hamot Erie $82.20 $133.63 – $345.55

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