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Talimogene laherparepvec 10exp6 (1 million) pfu/ml susp for injection 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

$133.80

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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.

$223.00

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.

$32.84 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $241.54 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $32.84 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $46.68 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $68.71 ↓ -49%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $73.94 ↓ -45%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $73.94 ↓ -45%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $73.94 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $73.94 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $73.94 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $75.82 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $77.64 ↓ -42%
Aetna of PA Medicare $77.64 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $79.85 ↓ -40%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $79.86 ↓ -40%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $79.86 ↓ -40%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $80.26 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare $81.33 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $81.33 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial $89.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $90.17 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $90.94 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $91.15 ↓ -32%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $93.33 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $103.03 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $120.77 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $122.07 ↓ -9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $156.10 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $185.09 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $189.55 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $189.55 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $189.55 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $241.54 ↑ +81%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Talimogene laherparepvec 10exp6 (1 million) pfu/ml susp for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

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