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Mr sfty implt&/fb asmt stf 1 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

$45.00

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.

$75.00

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.

$7.81 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $63.75 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $7.81 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.61 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $9.74 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $10.46 ↓ -77%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $11.18 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $13.04 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $20.93 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $21.70 ↓ -52%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $23.35 ↓ -48%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $23.35 ↓ -48%
Aetna of PA Medicare $24.52 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $24.52 ↓ -46%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $25.22 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $25.22 ↓ -44%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $25.22 ↓ -44%
Cigna New Business ASO $25.50 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare $25.68 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $25.68 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $30.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $31.68 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $34.65 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $37.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $41.25 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $52.50 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $62.25 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $63.75 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $63.75 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $63.75 ↑ +42%

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Mr sfty implt&/fb asmt stf 1 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $45.00 $3.48 – $67.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $60.00 $3.51 – $85.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $45.00 $7.81 – $63.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $44.40 $9.61 – $59.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $45.00 $9.02 – $63.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $45.00 $3.44 – $56.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $44.40 $9.61 – $66.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $44.40 $9.61 – $59.20

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