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Warde aldolase 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

$226.20

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.

$377.00

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.

$9.02 with UPMC Health Plan vs $320.45 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 Medicare $9.02 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.60 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $9.71 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $9.71 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $9.90 ↓ -96%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.20 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $10.20 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $10.35 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $10.49 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.49 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10.49 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $10.68 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $10.68 ↓ -95%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $11.16 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $13.35 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $14.05 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $15.34 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17.36 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $18.95 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $32.91 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $44.08 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $52.60 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $70.45 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $88.16 ↓ -61%
Cigna New Business ASO $128.18 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $150.80 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $174.17 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $263.90 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $312.91 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $320.45 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $320.45 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $320.45 ↑ +42%

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Warde aldolase at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $142.20 $8.09 – $213.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $222.60 $9.00 – $315.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $146.40 $8.38 – $207.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $139.20 $9.60 – $185.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $51.00 $8.81 – $72.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $49.20 $9.60 – $61.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $168.00 $9.00 – $189.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $139.20 $9.60 – $185.60

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