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Pr debridement open wound topical appl/wound asmt per session 20 sq cm/< at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$229.80
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$383.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$34.69 with UPMC Health Plan vs $515.57 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $34.69 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $36.27 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $46.77 | ↓ -80% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $49.24 | ↓ -79% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $53.75 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $84.90 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $86.45 | ↓ -62% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $98.72 | ↓ -57% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $129.94 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $130.22 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $153.20 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $176.05 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $176.95 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $189.44 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $189.44 | ↓ -18% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $192.48 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $198.91 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $198.91 | ↓ -13% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $204.58 | ↓ -11% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $204.60 | ↓ -11% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $204.60 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $208.38 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $208.38 | ↓ -9% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $239.95 | ↑ +4% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $257.78 | ↑ +12% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $268.10 | ↑ +17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $317.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $321.36 | ↑ +40% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $325.55 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $325.55 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial | $325.55 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $515.57 | ↑ +124% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Pr debridement open wound topical appl/wound asmt per session 20 sq cm/< at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $231.60 | $34.69 – $347.40 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $592.20 | $34.69 – $838.95 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $441.60 | $34.69 – $625.60 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $589.80 | $34.69 – $786.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $269.40 | $34.69 – $381.65 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $378.60 | $34.69 – $473.25 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $589.80 | $11.61 – $74.04 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $429.00 | $34.69 – $572.00 |