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Navigational bronchoscopy 31627 at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$10,068.60
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$16,781.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$831.39 with UPMC Health Plan vs $14,263.85 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $831.39 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1,677.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $1,950.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $2,032.83 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $4,195.25 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $4,526.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $5,642.20 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $5,705.54 | ↓ -43% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $6,061.66 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $6,712.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $7,556.52 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $7,752.82 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $8,390.50 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $9,229.55 | ↓ -8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $11,746.70 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $12,123.32 | ↑ +20% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $13,928.23 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Commercial | $14,263.85 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $14,263.85 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $14,263.85 | ↑ +42% |
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Navigational bronchoscopy 31627 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $29,249.40 | $69.46 – $41,436.65 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | not published | $824.70 – $2,013.66 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $1,062.00 | $66.56 – $1,993.29 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $6,768.80 | $74.09 – $7,614.90 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $5,596.80 | $74.09 – $7,462.40 |