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Toxoplasma antibody igm 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

$249.60

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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.

$416.00

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.

$13.39 with UPMC Health Plan vs $333.20 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $13.39 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.24 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $14.41 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $14.41 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.13 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $15.13 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.56 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.56 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.56 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $15.85 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $15.85 ↓ -94%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $16.56 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $20.89 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $21.89 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $22.89 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $29.05 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.51 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.07 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $33.91 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $50.44 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $67.56 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $80.62 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $107.98 ↓ -57%
Cigna New Business ASO $133.28 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $135.12 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial $156.80 ↓ -37%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $181.10 ↓ -27%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $274.40 ↑ +10%
InterGroup PPO $325.36 ↑ +30%
Humana Commercial $333.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $333.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $333.20 ↑ +33%

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Toxoplasma antibody igm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $112.80 $12.01 – $169.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $268.80 $12.44 – $380.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $241.20 $14.24 – $321.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $97.20 $13.07 – $137.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $80.40 $14.24 – $48.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $292.00 $14.24 – $173.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $241.20 $14.24 – $321.60

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