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System pacing micra av at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$30,110.40
Cash price 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.
$50,184.00
Gross charge 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.
$2,375.00 with Aetna vs $25,190.95 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $2,375.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $3,135.44 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $3,230.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $3,424.88 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3,800.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $4,389.00 | ↓ -85% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $4,703.16 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $4,750.00 | ↓ -84% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $4,821.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $6,650.00 | ↓ -78% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $7,885.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | Commercial | $8,075.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $8,075.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $8,075.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $9,404.40 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $9,505.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $12,595.47 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $12,731.08 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $18,993.11 | ↓ -37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $25,190.95 | ↓ -16% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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System pacing micra av at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $28,759.80 | $3,392.57 – $17,916.30 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $45,109.20 | $1,201.56 – $21,161.84 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $6,175.20 | $2,573.00 – $15,838.31 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $9,256.80 | $3,085.60 – $11,571.00 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $22,146.00 | $0.20 – $0.90 |