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Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 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

$298.20

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.

$497.00

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.

$13.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $422.45 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 Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $13.80 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $14.40 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.32 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $15.50 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $15.50 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $16.27 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $16.27 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.74 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.74 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.74 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $17.05 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $17.05 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $17.80 ↓ -94%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $17.81 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.73 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.98 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $30.25 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $52.53 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $70.35 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $83.96 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $112.44 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $140.71 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $168.98 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $198.80 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $229.61 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $347.90 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $412.51 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $422.45 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $422.45 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $422.45 ↑ +42%

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Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $165.60 $12.92 – $248.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $96.60 $12.00 – $136.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $222.60 $13.20 – $315.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $209.40 $13.20 – $279.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $13.20 – $113.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $78.60 $12.00 – $98.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $252.80 $12.00 – $284.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $209.40 $13.20 – $279.20

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