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Njx aa&/strd sc nrv nfs img 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

$1,544.40

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.

$2,574.00

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.

$90.60 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,187.90 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.

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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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $90.60 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $94.71 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $122.14 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $128.57 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $140.36 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $310.02 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $310.13 ↓ -80%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $360.62 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $690.25 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $788.77 ↓ -49%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $848.78 ↓ -45%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $848.78 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $860.46 ↓ -44%
Cigna New Business ASO $875.16 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $891.22 ↓ -42%
Aetna of PA Medicare $891.22 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $916.60 ↓ -41%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $916.68 ↓ -41%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $916.68 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $924.43 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare $933.66 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $933.66 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $1,029.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,152.41 ↓ -25%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $1,189.19 ↓ -23%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,554.00 ↑ +1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,801.80 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,848.87 ↑ +20%
InterGroup PPO $2,136.42 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,187.90 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $2,187.90 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,187.90 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Njx aa&/strd sc nrv nfs img at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,070.60 $90.60 – $3,105.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,063.60 $90.60 – $4,340.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,990.20 $90.60 – $2,819.45
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,963.80 $90.60 – $2,618.40

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