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PSA (Prostate) Test at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$131.40
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.
$219.00
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.
$17.09 with UPMC Health Plan vs $175.95 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.
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 Medicare | $17.09 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $18.17 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $18.39 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $18.39 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $19.31 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $19.31 | ↓ -85% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $19.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $19.86 | ↓ -85% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $19.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $20.23 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $20.23 | ↓ -85% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $21.13 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $26.23 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $26.80 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $28.01 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $35.90 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $36.13 | ↓ -73% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $38.03 | ↓ -71% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $41.51 | ↓ -68% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $62.34 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $70.38 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $82.80 | ↓ -37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $83.49 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $95.63 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $99.63 | ↓ -24% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $133.44 | ↑ +2% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $144.90 | ↑ +10% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $166.98 | ↑ +27% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $171.81 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | Commercial | $175.95 | ↑ +34% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $175.95 | ↑ +34% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $175.95 | ↑ +34% |
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PSA (Prostate) Test at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $129.60 | $17.21 – $198.72 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $183.60 | $15.33 – $275.40 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $431.40 | $18.17 – $611.15 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $121.20 | $15.88 – $171.70 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $72.60 | $18.17 – $96.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $307.80 | $18.17 – $359.10 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $109.80 | $18.21 – $155.55 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $118.80 | $18.17 – $158.40 |