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Trnscath tx thromblytc artery non-intracrn ini day 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

$15,167.40

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.

$25,279.00

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.

$348.45 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $21,487.15 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 $348.45 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $356.24 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $372.43 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $480.27 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $505.56 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $551.91 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $577.77 ↓ -96%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $671.82 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $775.81 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $967.13 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,039.03 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,295.26 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,078.06 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $4,789.32 ↓ -68%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $5,153.69 ↓ -66%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $5,153.69 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $5,411.37 ↓ -64%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5,411.37 ↓ -64%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5,565.47 ↓ -63%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5,565.99 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5,565.99 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $5,669.06 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $5,669.06 ↓ -63%
Cigna New Business ASO $8,594.86 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $10,111.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10,677.85 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $11,678.90 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $17,695.30 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $20,981.57 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $21,487.15 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $21,487.15 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $21,487.15 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Trnscath tx thromblytc artery non-intracrn ini day at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $6,690.00 $345.16 – $10,035.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $13,485.60 $348.45 – $19,104.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $5,929.20 $348.45 – $8,399.70
UPMC Northwest Seneca $8,554.80 $356.24 – $12,119.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $6,966.60 $341.67 – $8,708.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $6,156.00 $356.24 – $8,208.00

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