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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$2,769.60
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.
$4,616.00
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.
$79.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,923.60 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 | $79.20 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $82.80 | ↓ -97% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $106.78 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $108.65 | ↓ -96% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $112.40 | ↓ -96% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $122.70 | ↓ -96% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $170.68 | ↓ -94% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $236.54 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $241.91 | ↓ -91% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $275.05 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $301.56 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $323.98 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $403.88 | ↓ -85% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $647.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,154.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,569.44 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,846.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $2,132.59 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2,308.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,231.20 | ↑ +17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $3,831.28 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3,923.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $3,923.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $3,923.60 | ↑ +42% |
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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $1,018.80 | $79.20 – $1,528.20 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,413.60 | $51.84 – $2,002.60 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $301.20 | $79.20 – $426.70 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,009.80 | $55.30 – $1,346.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $354.00 | $79.20 – $501.50 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $591.00 | $49.68 – $218.59 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,221.60 | $55.30 – $1,374.30 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,009.80 | $55.30 – $1,346.40 |