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Rmvl tv pm lead dual 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

$2,550.00

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.

$4,250.00

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.

$916.22 with UPMC Work Partners vs $6,884.37 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $916.22 ↓ -64%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $1,065.37 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,154.37 ↓ -55%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,445.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $1,700.00 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $1,963.50 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,337.50 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,570.18 ↑ +1%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,828.67 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,975.00 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,203.99 ↑ +26%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,224.34 ↑ +26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,442.18 ↑ +35%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $3,469.64 ↑ +36%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $3,469.64 ↑ +36%
InterGroup PPO $3,527.50 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $3,612.50 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $3,612.50 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,612.50 ↑ +42%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,643.12 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $3,643.12 ↑ +43%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,746.86 ↑ +47%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,747.21 ↑ +47%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,747.21 ↑ +47%
Aetna Medicare $3,816.60 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $3,816.60 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,291.06 ↑ +68%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $6,884.37 ↑ +170%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Rmvl tv pm lead dual at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,231.00 $972.26 – $4,846.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $7,094.40 $931.20 – $10,050.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $4,523.40 $891.55 – $5,654.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $4,986.00 $916.22 – $6,648.00

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