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Trnsfr/rearrngmnt adjcnt tiss any area 30.1-60sqcm 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

$8,968.80

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.

$14,948.00

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.

$1,480.07 with UPMC Health Plan vs $12,705.80 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 Commercial $1,480.07 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,534.60 ↓ -83%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $1,784.42 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,859.27 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,243.54 ↓ -64%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $3,490.30 ↓ -61%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $3,490.30 ↓ -61%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,664.82 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $3,664.82 ↓ -59%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,769.17 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,769.52 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,769.52 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $3,839.33 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $3,839.33 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4,139.65 ↓ -54%
Cigna New Business ASO $5,082.32 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5,160.49 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $5,544.13 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial $5,979.20 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $6,905.98 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6,911.37 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8,221.40 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $10,463.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $11,088.27 ↑ +24%
InterGroup PPO $12,406.84 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $12,705.80 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $12,705.80 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $12,705.80 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Trnsfr/rearrngmnt adjcnt tiss any area 30.1-60sqcm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $15,103.20 $931.20 – $21,396.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $9,424.80 $1,469.60 – $13,351.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $1,733.97 – $3,839.33
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,289.00 $816.85 – $882.12
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $11,606.40 $993.28 – $15,475.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro not published $993.28 – $1,534.60

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