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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$381.60
Cash price 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.
$636.00
Gross charge 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.
$28.08 with UPMC Health Plan vs $540.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $28.08 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $29.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $36.07 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $37.86 | ↓ -90% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $39.85 | ↓ -90% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $43.51 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $60.61 | ↓ -84% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $70.48 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $75.66 | ↓ -80% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $80.30 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $100.10 | ↓ -74% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $107.55 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $134.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $159.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $215.09 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $216.24 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $254.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $293.83 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $318.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $445.20 | ↑ +17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $527.88 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Commercial | $540.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $540.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $540.60 | ↑ +42% |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $168.60 | $28.08 – $252.90 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $189.60 | $15.14 – $268.60 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $173.40 | $28.08 – $245.65 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $400.20 | $16.15 – $533.60 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $254.40 | $28.08 – $360.40 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $663.60 | $14.51 – $330.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $484.00 | $16.15 – $544.50 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $400.20 | $16.15 – $533.60 |