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Varicella zoster antibody igg 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

$134.40

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.

$224.00

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.

$11.97 with UPMC Health Plan vs $179.35 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 Managed Medicare $11.97 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.73 ↓ -91%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $12.88 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $12.88 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.52 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $13.52 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.91 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.91 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.91 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $14.17 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $14.17 ↓ -89%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $14.80 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.59 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $20.48 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.91 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $25.15 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.41 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $27.80 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $30.35 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $43.67 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $58.48 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $69.79 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $71.74 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial $84.40 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $93.47 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $97.48 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $116.96 ↓ -13%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $147.70 ↑ +10%
InterGroup PPO $175.13 ↑ +30%
Humana Commercial $179.35 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $179.35 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $179.35 ↑ +33%

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Varicella zoster antibody igg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $128.40 $10.74 – $192.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $117.00 $11.12 – $165.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $146.40 $12.73 – $195.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $64.80 $11.68 – $91.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $75.00 $12.73 – $90.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $241.60 $12.73 – $125.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $146.40 $12.73 – $122.40

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