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Trichinella antibody 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

$222.00

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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.

$370.00

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.

$11.67 with UPMC Health Plan vs $314.50 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 $11.67 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.41 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $12.56 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $12.56 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.19 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $13.19 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.56 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.56 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.56 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $13.82 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $13.82 ↓ -94%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $14.43 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.10 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $19.96 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.13 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.74 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $27.10 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $29.58 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $34.64 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $60.16 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $80.56 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $96.15 ↓ -57%
Cigna New Business ASO $125.80 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $128.77 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial $148.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $161.13 ↓ -27%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $170.94 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $259.00 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $307.10 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $314.50 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $314.50 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $314.50 ↑ +42%

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Trichinella antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $134.40 $10.47 – $201.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $355.80 $12.41 – $504.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $355.80 $10.84 – $504.05
UPMC Northwest Seneca $176.40 $11.39 – $249.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $70.20 $12.41 – $87.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $316.80 $12.41 – $422.40

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