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Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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

$386.40

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.

$644.00

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.

$20.41 with UPMC Health Plan vs $283.90 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 $20.41 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $21.70 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $21.96 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $21.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $23.06 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $23.06 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $23.71 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $23.72 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $23.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $24.16 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $24.16 ↓ -94%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $25.23 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $33.38 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $34.90 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $45.01 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $47.38 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $50.55 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $51.72 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $60.25 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $104.64 ↓ -73%
Cigna New Business ASO $113.56 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $133.60 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $140.14 ↓ -64%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $154.31 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $167.24 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $223.98 ↓ -42%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $233.80 ↓ -39%
InterGroup PPO $277.22 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $280.28 ↓ -27%
Humana Commercial $283.90 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $283.90 ↓ -27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $283.90 ↓ -27%

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Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $235.20 $18.31 – $352.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $335.40 $21.70 – $475.15
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $677.40 $18.96 – $959.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $309.60 $21.70 – $392.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $240.00 $19.92 – $232.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $112.20 $21.70 – $140.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $374.40 $21.70 – $225.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $309.60 $21.70 – $412.80

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