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Pms2 gene full seq analysis 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

$1,522.80

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.

$2,538.00

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.

$226.10 with Cigna vs $6,959.40 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Cigna New Business ASO $226.10 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial $266.00 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $280.90 ↓ -82%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $307.23 ↓ -80%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $465.50 ↓ -69%
InterGroup PPO $551.95 ↓ -64%
Humana Commercial $565.25 ↓ -63%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $565.25 ↓ -63%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $565.25 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $628.67 ↓ -59%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $668.61 ↓ -56%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $676.50 ↓ -56%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $676.50 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $687.53 ↓ -55%
Aetna of PA Medicare $710.33 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $710.33 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $718.78 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $730.55 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $730.62 ↓ -52%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $730.62 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare $744.15 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $744.15 ↓ -51%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $777.45 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $926.92 ↓ -39%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $975.73 ↓ -36%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,065.18 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,496.15 ↓ -2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,598.19 ↑ +71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,479.70 ↑ +129%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,152.63 ↑ +173%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5,561.56 ↑ +265%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $6,959.40 ↑ +357%

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Pms2 gene full seq analysis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,523.40 $563.93 – $2,285.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,523.40 $311.82 – $1,496.15
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $399.00 $167.58 – $1,496.15
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,194.60 $298.65 – $1,592.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,310.80 $266.00 – $730.62
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,502.40 $338.04 – $1,690.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,158.40 $251.37 – $800.04

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