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Warde infectious agent nucleic acid genotype hepatitis c 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

$1,834.20

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.

$3,057.00

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.

$205.36 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,208.98 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 Commercial $205.36 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $239.25 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $254.45 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $257.45 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $257.45 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $270.32 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $270.32 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $278.02 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $278.05 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $278.05 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $283.19 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $283.19 ↓ -85%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $295.87 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $689.88 ↓ -62%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,039.38 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,198.03 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $1,222.80 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $1,412.33 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,604.49 ↓ -13%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,681.35 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,914.78 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,139.90 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $2,537.31 ↑ +38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,564.44 ↑ +40%
Humana Commercial $2,598.45 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $2,598.45 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,598.45 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,208.98 ↑ +75%

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Warde infectious agent nucleic acid genotype hepatitis c at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,667.00 $204.16 – $4,000.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,624.80 $188.45 – $2,301.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,928.40 $205.86 – $2,731.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,579.80 $201.01 – $2,106.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,321.40 $205.45 – $3,288.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,431.00 $180.60 – $1,788.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,911.20 $101.88 – $509.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,579.80 $201.01 – $2,106.40

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