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Prq tcat plmt ntrac st 1 les 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

$26,415.60

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.

$44,026.00

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.

$859.73 with UPMC Work Partners vs $37,422.10 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $859.73 ↓ -97%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $999.69 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2,655.25 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $6,935.62 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $7,369.74 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $9,288.91 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $9,870.19 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $10,047.47 ↓ -62%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $10,811.87 ↓ -59%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $10,811.87 ↓ -59%
Aetna of PA Medicare $11,352.46 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $11,352.46 ↓ -57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11,675.74 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $11,676.82 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $11,676.82 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $11,893.06 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $11,893.06 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $13,002.41 ↓ -51%
Cigna New Business ASO $14,968.84 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $17,610.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $18,578.38 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $20,340.01 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $24,214.30 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $30,818.20 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $36,541.58 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $37,422.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $37,422.10 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $37,422.10 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Prq tcat plmt ntrac st 1 les at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $23,616.60 $956.01 – $35,424.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $32,550.60 $931.20 – $46,113.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $15,411.00 $541.77 – $19,263.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $7,905.00 $859.73 – $10,540.00

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