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Pten gene dup/delet variant 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

$357.00

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.

$595.00

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.

$51.62 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $505.75 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $51.62 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $89.65 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $120.06 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $143.28 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $191.89 ↓ -46%
Cigna New Business ASO $202.30 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $238.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $240.12 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $251.33 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $274.89 ↓ -23%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $278.79 ↓ -22%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $296.49 ↓ -17%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $300.00 ↓ -16%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $300.00 ↓ -16%
Aetna of PA Medicare $315.00 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $315.00 ↓ -12%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $323.97 ↓ -9%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $324.00 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $324.00 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $327.25 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare $330.00 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $330.00 ↓ -8%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $344.76 ↓ -3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $416.50 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $493.85 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $505.75 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $505.75 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $505.75 ↑ +42%

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Pten gene dup/delet variant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $575.40 $51.14 – $504.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $336.60 $51.62 – $476.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $336.60 $51.62 – $476.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $336.60 $132.72 – $476.85
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $564.60 $234.24 – $752.80

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