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Warde actin (smooth muscle) antibody each 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

$159.00

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.

$265.00

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.

$4.94 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $141.95 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $4.94 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $8.57 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $10.14 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $10.60 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $11.20 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $11.48 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.91 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $12.05 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $12.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.65 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $12.65 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.01 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.01 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.01 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $13.26 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $13.26 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $13.67 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $13.70 ↓ -91%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $13.85 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $14.39 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $15.71 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $18.35 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $22.80 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $22.96 ↓ -86%
Cigna New Business ASO $56.78 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial $66.80 ↓ -58%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $77.15 ↓ -51%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $116.90 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $138.61 ↓ -13%
Humana Commercial $141.95 ↓ -11%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $141.95 ↓ -11%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $141.95 ↓ -11%

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Warde actin (smooth muscle) antibody each at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $108.60 $4.89 – $162.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $780.60 $4.94 – $1,105.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $192.60 $4.94 – $272.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $132.60 $10.14 – $176.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.00 $10.14 – $144.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $58.80 $4.84 – $73.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $160.00 $9.22 – $171.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $132.60 $10.14 – $176.80

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