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Trnscath plc vas stent w/s&i ea addl vein 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

$13,401.00

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.

$22,335.00

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.

$137.21 with UPMC Health Plan vs $18,984.75 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 Medicaid $137.21 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $143.45 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $184.99 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $194.73 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $212.58 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,435.17 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,085.16 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,707.43 ↓ -80%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $3,148.17 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,195.38 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,983.36 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,279.49 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5,334.86 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $5,583.75 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business ASO $7,593.90 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $8,558.99 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $8,934.00 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $10,318.77 ↓ -23%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11,167.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $15,634.50 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $18,538.05 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $18,984.75 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $18,984.75 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $18,984.75 ↑ +42%

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Trnscath plc vas stent w/s&i ea addl vein at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $13,400.40 $137.21 – $20,100.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $17,983.80 $137.21 – $25,477.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $13,400.40 $137.21 – $18,983.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $8,640.60 $137.21 – $10,800.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,719.80 $137.21 – $3,626.40

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