Observation direct referral from physician office for admission at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$138.00
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.
$230.00
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.
$31.88 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,631.10 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 Medicaid | $31.88 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $78.20 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $92.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $106.26 | ↓ -23% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $161.00 | ↑ +17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $190.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $195.50 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial | $195.50 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $195.50 | ↑ +42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $543.19 | ↑ +294% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $584.52 | ↑ +324% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $584.52 | ↑ +324% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $584.52 | ↑ +324% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $613.75 | ↑ +345% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $613.75 | ↑ +345% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $631.22 | ↑ +357% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $631.28 | ↑ +357% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $631.28 | ↑ +357% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $642.97 | ↑ +366% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $642.97 | ↑ +366% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison MedPLUS | $679.00 | ↑ +392% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $747.00 | ↑ +441% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $2,137.42 | ↑ +1449% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $2,137.43 | ↑ +1449% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $2,569.10 | ↑ +1762% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $4,631.10 | ↑ +3256% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Observation direct referral from physician office for admission at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $126.60 | $26.56 – $642.97 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $85.20 | $26.56 – $642.97 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $141.00 | $31.88 – $642.97 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $133.20 | $31.88 – $642.97 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $117.00 | $27.00 – $2,064.00 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $166.20 | $31.88 – $2,207.16 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $420.00 | $95.90 – $2,064.00 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $84.00 | $38.81 – $112.00 |