Unlisted procedure rectum 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

$845.40

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.

$1,409.00

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.

$18.77 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,197.65 with Multiplan — 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 $18.77 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $36.64 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $41.78 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $52.08 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $55.95 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $69.75 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $111.91 ↓ -87%
Cigna New Business ASO $479.06 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $563.60 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $650.96 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $774.95 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $807.76 ↓ -4%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $869.21 ↑ +3%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $869.21 ↑ +3%
Aetna of PA Medicare $912.67 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $912.67 ↑ +8%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $938.66 ↑ +11%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $938.75 ↑ +11%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $938.75 ↑ +11%
Aetna Medicare $956.13 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $956.13 ↑ +13%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $986.30 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $1,169.47 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,197.65 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,197.65 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $1,197.65 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Unlisted procedure rectum at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $554.40 $18.77 – $956.13
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $532.20 $18.59 – $956.13
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $585.00 $18.77 – $956.13
UPMC Altoona Altoona $121.80 $18.59 – $938.75
UPMC Bedford Everett $791.40 $48.62 – $1,187.10
UPMC East Monroeville $538.20 $18.77 – $938.75
UPMC Hamot Erie $515.40 $18.59 – $1,264.19
UPMC Jameson New Castle $131.40 $18.92 – $1,173.43

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