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Proctosigmoidoscopy dx 45300 at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$1,189.80
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.
$1,983.00
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.
$26.81 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,014.38 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 |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $26.81 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $28.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $36.14 | ↓ -97% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $38.04 | ↓ -97% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $41.53 | ↓ -97% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $128.48 | ↓ -89% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $149.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $337.77 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $481.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $674.22 | ↓ -43% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $752.04 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $793.20 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $807.76 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $869.21 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $869.21 | ↓ -27% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $912.67 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $912.67 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $916.15 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $937.49 | ↓ -21% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $938.66 | ↓ -21% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $938.75 | ↓ -21% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $938.75 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $956.13 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $956.13 | ↓ -20% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,007.19 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,255.57 | ↑ +6% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,388.10 | ↑ +17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,645.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,685.55 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $1,685.55 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,685.55 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $2,014.38 | ↑ +69% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Proctosigmoidoscopy dx 45300 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,857.60 | $26.81 – $2,631.60 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $1,663.20 | $26.81 – $2,356.20 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $1,420.20 | $26.81 – $1,775.25 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $3,816.80 | $26.10 – $993.28 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $3,156.60 | $26.81 – $4,208.80 |