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Stress tte complete 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

$2,775.00

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.

$4,625.00

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.

$204.09 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,931.25 with Humana — 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 $204.09 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $213.37 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $275.16 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $289.65 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $316.20 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $411.54 ↓ -85%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $478.53 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $485.78 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $493.16 ↓ -82%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $522.74 ↓ -81%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $522.74 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $548.88 ↓ -80%
Aetna of PA Medicare $548.88 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $564.51 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $564.56 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $564.56 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $575.01 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $575.01 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,288.16 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,368.79 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,482.72 ↓ -47%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,572.50 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,725.24 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,833.20 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $1,850.00 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $2,136.75 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,237.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,450.59 ↑ +24%
InterGroup PPO $3,838.75 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,931.25 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $3,931.25 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $3,931.25 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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