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Radphm lcl tumor plr sgl day 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

$1,082.40

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.

$1,804.00

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.

$94.34 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,533.40 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 Medicaid $94.34 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $98.62 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $127.18 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $133.88 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $146.15 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $192.94 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $306.42 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $356.01 ↓ -67%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $383.10 ↓ -65%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $383.10 ↓ -65%
Aetna of PA Medicare $402.25 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $402.25 ↓ -63%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $413.71 ↓ -62%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $413.75 ↓ -62%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $413.75 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare $421.41 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $421.41 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $429.58 ↓ -60%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $438.07 ↓ -60%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $509.38 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $535.52 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $575.33 ↓ -47%
Cigna New Business ASO $613.36 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $717.21 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $721.60 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $833.45 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,150.66 ↑ +6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,262.80 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $1,497.32 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $1,533.40 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $1,533.40 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,533.40 ↑ +42%

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Radphm lcl tumor plr sgl day at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,151.40 $94.34 – $1,727.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,966.40 $66.00 – $4,202.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,070.40 $94.34 – $1,516.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $769.20 $70.40 – $1,025.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,202.40 $94.34 – $1,703.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,228.80 $63.25 – $1,536.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $930.40 $70.40 – $1,046.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $769.20 $70.40 – $1,025.60

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