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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide 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

$112.80

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.

$188.00

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.

$17.36 with UPMC Health Plan vs $159.80 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 $17.36 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.46 ↓ -84%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $18.68 ↓ -83%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $18.68 ↓ -83%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19.61 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $19.61 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $20.17 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.17 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.17 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $20.55 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $20.55 ↓ -82%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $21.47 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.53 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $29.09 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $50.51 ↓ -55%
Cigna New Business ASO $63.92 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $67.65 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $75.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $80.73 ↓ -28%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $86.86 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $103.40 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $108.12 ↓ -4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $131.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $135.29 ↑ +20%
InterGroup PPO $156.04 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $159.80 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $159.80 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $159.80 ↑ +42%

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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $72.60 $15.57 – $108.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $238.80 $13.67 – $338.30
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $542.40 $16.13 – $768.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $479.40 $14.58 – $639.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $98.40 $16.94 – $139.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $94.80 $13.10 – $118.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $580.00 $14.58 – $652.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $479.40 $14.58 – $639.20

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