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Venous mech thrombectomy at UPMC Passavant-McCandless
9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699
$26,215.20
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.
$43,692.00
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.
$4,574.16 with UPMC Work Partners vs $37,138.20 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 Work Partners | Workers Comp | $4,574.16 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $4,663.57 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $5,114.83 | ↓ -80% |
| Private Health Care Systems | Workers' Comp | $5,318.79 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $10,047.47 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicaid | $10,811.87 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Medicare | $10,811.87 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $11,352.46 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $11,352.46 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $11,388.10 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $11,675.74 | ↓ -55% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $11,676.82 | ↓ -55% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $11,676.82 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $11,893.06 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $11,893.06 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $14,196.42 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $14,855.28 | ↓ -43% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $15,251.82 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $17,476.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $19,013.06 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley | Commercial | $20,185.70 | ↓ -23% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $24,030.60 | ↓ -8% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $30,503.64 | ↑ +16% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $30,584.40 | ↑ +17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $36,264.36 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Commercial | $37,138.20 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) | $37,138.20 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $37,138.20 | ↑ +42% |
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Venous mech thrombectomy at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $12,268.80 | $4,626.06 – $18,403.20 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $32,551.20 | $931.20 – $46,114.20 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $17,446.80 | $892.40 – $21,602.25 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $5,352.00 | $993.28 – $11,675.74 |