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Screening hepatitis b non-obstetric high risk 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

$50.40

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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.

$84.00

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.

$11.39 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $71.40 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $11.39 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $19.78 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.90 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $21.85 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $26.27 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $26.49 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $28.18 ↓ -44%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $28.27 ↓ -44%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $28.27 ↓ -44%
Cigna New Business ASO $28.56 ↓ -43%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $29.66 ↓ -41%
Aetna of PA Medicare $29.68 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $29.68 ↓ -41%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $30.53 ↓ -39%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $30.53 ↓ -39%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $30.53 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare $31.10 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $31.10 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $31.61 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $32.38 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $33.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $35.48 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $38.81 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $42.34 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $52.98 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $58.80 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $69.72 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $71.40 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $71.40 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $71.40 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp not published by hospital

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Screening hepatitis b non-obstetric high risk at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $42.60 $11.28 – $63.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $63.00 $11.39 – $89.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $50.40 $11.39 – $71.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $142.20 $20.90 – $213.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $70.20 $20.90 – $99.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $60.00 $11.17 – $75.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $172.00 $19.00 – $193.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $142.20 $20.90 – $213.30

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