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Vaccine pneumococcal 23 valent (ppsv23) subcutaneous/im 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

$75.00

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$125.00

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.

$11.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $164.17 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 Managed Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $11.50 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $14.28 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.61 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $31.25 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $33.16 ↓ -56%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $38.56 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $39.21 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $39.64 ↓ -47%
Cigna New Business ASO $42.50 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $50.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $52.52 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $53.08 ↓ -29%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $57.75 ↓ -23%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $62.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $87.50 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $103.75 ↑ +38%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $105.03 ↑ +40%
Humana Commercial $106.25 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $106.25 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $106.25 ↑ +42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $133.47 ↑ +78%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $133.47 ↑ +78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $164.17 ↑ +119%

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Vaccine pneumococcal 23 valent (ppsv23) subcutaneous/im at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $75.00 $11.00 – $133.47
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $75.00 $11.00 – $133.47
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $75.00 $11.00 – $133.47
UPMC Muncy Muncy $75.00 $11.00 – $100.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $75.00 $11.00 – $133.47
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $75.00 $11.00 – $112.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $75.00 $11.00 – $133.47

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