healthcosts.net
Msh6 gene dup/delete variant at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$1,522.80
Cash price 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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,538.00
Gross charge 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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$142.27 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,014.68 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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.
Full explanation →
?
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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $142.27 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $148.74 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $191.81 | ↓ -87% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $201.91 | ↓ -87% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $220.42 | ↓ -86% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $221.17 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $235.22 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $238.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $238.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $249.90 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $249.90 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $257.02 | ↓ -83% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $257.04 | ↓ -83% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $257.04 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $261.80 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $261.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $273.51 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $648.11 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $862.92 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,015.20 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,072.05 | ↓ -30% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,125.49 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $1,172.56 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,507.34 | ↓ -1% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,776.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,798.84 | ↑ +18% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $2,106.54 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Commercial | $2,157.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $2,157.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2,157.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,409.16 | ↑ +58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $3,014.68 | ↑ +98% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Msh6 gene dup/delete variant at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $1,523.40 | $142.27 – $2,285.10 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $2,027.40 | $129.34 – $2,158.15 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $2,027.40 | $142.27 – $2,872.15 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,194.60 | $142.27 – $1,592.80 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,502.40 | $129.34 – $1,690.20 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,971.00 | $142.27 – $1,918.40 |