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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$4,621.20
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.
$7,702.00
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.
$316.41 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,546.70 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.
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 | Managed Medicare | $316.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $340.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $340.48 | ↓ -93% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $355.15 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $357.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $357.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $367.68 | ↓ -92% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $367.72 | ↓ -92% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $367.72 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $371.29 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $374.53 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $374.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $459.93 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $478.80 | ↓ -90% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $504.02 | ↓ -89% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $550.22 | ↓ -88% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $917.21 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $959.98 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,024.03 | ↓ -78% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $1,116.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,276.55 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,371.46 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,709.67 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2,618.68 | ↓ -43% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $2,742.91 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3,080.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $3,558.32 | ↓ -23% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $5,391.40 | ↑ +17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $6,392.66 | ↑ +38% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $6,546.70 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $6,546.70 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial | $6,546.70 | ↑ +42% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $5,502.60 | $318.66 – $8,437.32 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $5,313.60 | $283.82 – $7,970.40 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $8,004.00 | $320.89 – $11,339.00 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $4,742.40 | $293.97 – $6,718.40 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $5,074.20 | $341.40 – $6,765.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1,396.20 | $185.29 – $1,628.90 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $2,854.80 | $338.22 – $4,044.30 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,699.20 | $267.41 – $2,265.60 |