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Perq rplcmt g-tube req revsn gstrst trk 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

$1,662.00

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.

$2,770.00

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.

$75.02 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,354.50 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 $75.02 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $78.43 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $101.14 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $106.47 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $116.23 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $197.31 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $215.48 ↓ -87%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $231.87 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $231.87 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $243.46 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $243.46 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $250.40 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $250.42 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $250.42 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $255.06 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $255.06 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $387.69 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $439.32 ↓ -74%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $450.80 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $547.65 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $588.37 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $733.46 ↓ -56%
Cigna New Business ASO $941.80 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $1,108.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,170.05 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,176.73 ↓ -29%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $1,279.74 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,939.00 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $2,299.10 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,354.50 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $2,354.50 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,354.50 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Perq rplcmt g-tube req revsn gstrst trk at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,550.40 $75.02 – $2,325.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,815.20 $75.02 – $3,988.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $75.02 – $387.69
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,759.80 $75.02 – $2,346.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $978.00 $75.02 – $1,222.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,128.00 $75.02 – $2,394.00

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