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Warde 1005020 citrate 24 hour urine 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

$469.20

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.

$782.00

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.

$25.83 with UPMC Health Plan vs $252.26 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $25.83 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $27.47 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $27.80 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $27.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $29.19 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $29.19 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $30.02 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $30.02 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $30.02 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $30.58 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $30.58 ↓ -93%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $31.94 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $40.58 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $54.23 ↓ -88%
Cigna New Business ASO $58.14 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial $68.40 ↓ -85%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $79.00 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $94.05 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $94.18 ↓ -80%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $119.70 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $126.13 ↓ -73%
InterGroup PPO $141.93 ↓ -70%
Humana Commercial $145.35 ↓ -69%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $145.35 ↓ -69%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $145.35 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $150.52 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $201.59 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $252.26 ↓ -46%

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Warde 1005020 citrate 24 hour urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $210.60 $23.17 – $315.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $720.00 $20.35 – $1,020.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $244.80 $24.00 – $346.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $243.00 $21.71 – $324.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $110.40 $25.21 – $156.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $141.60 $19.50 – $144.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $294.40 $14.22 – $71.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $52.20 $21.71 – $66.40

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