Trim nail(s) 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

$105.60

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.

$176.00

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.

$19.35 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $149.60 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $19.35 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $43.08 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $52.63 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $53.70 ↓ -49%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $56.63 ↓ -46%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $56.63 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $57.69 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $59.46 ↓ -44%
Aetna of PA Medicare $59.46 ↓ -44%
Cigna New Business ASO $59.84 ↓ -43%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $61.15 ↓ -42%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.16 ↓ -42%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $61.16 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare $62.29 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $62.29 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $70.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $71.92 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $74.34 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $81.31 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $96.80 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $115.38 ↑ +9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $123.20 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $146.08 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $149.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $149.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $149.60 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Trim nail(s) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $91.20 $19.35 – $62.29
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $105.60 $19.16 – $62.29
UPMC Altoona Altoona $117.60 $19.16 – $156.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $125.40 $28.63 – $177.65
UPMC Hamot Erie $106.20 $19.16 – $82.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $112.80 $49.74 – $49.74
UPMC Hanover Hanover $125.40 $45.93 – $90.78
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $109.20 $37.28 – $61.16

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