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Protein c activity 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

$307.20

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.

$512.00

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.

$12.86 with UPMC Health Plan vs $434.35 with Private Health Care Systems — 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 Medicare $12.86 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.68 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $13.84 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $13.84 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.53 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $14.53 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.95 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.95 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.95 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $15.22 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $15.22 ↓ -95%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $15.91 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $21.02 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $21.98 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $28.24 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $28.34 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $29.83 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $32.57 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $37.98 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $65.96 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $88.33 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $105.42 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $141.18 ↓ -54%
Cigna New Business ASO $173.74 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $176.67 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial $204.40 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $236.08 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $357.70 ↑ +16%
InterGroup PPO $424.13 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $434.35 ↑ +41%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $434.35 ↑ +41%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $434.35 ↑ +41%

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Protein c activity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $149.40 $11.54 – $224.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $129.60 $11.95 – $183.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $310.20 $13.68 – $349.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $121.20 $12.55 – $171.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $70.20 $13.68 – $87.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $375.20 $13.68 – $356.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $262.20 $13.68 – $349.60

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