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Warde topiramate therapeutic drug level 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

$201.60

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.

$336.00

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.

$11.08 with UPMC Health Plan vs $285.60 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 $11.08 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.78 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $11.92 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $11.92 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.52 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $12.52 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.87 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.87 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.87 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $13.11 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $13.11 ↓ -93%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $13.70 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $14.86 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $15.54 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $20.04 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.09 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $23.02 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.71 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $31.96 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $55.50 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $74.32 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $88.70 ↓ -56%
Cigna New Business ASO $114.24 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $118.79 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $134.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $148.65 ↓ -26%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $155.23 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $235.20 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $278.88 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $285.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $285.60 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $285.60 ↑ +42%

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Warde topiramate therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $124.20 $9.94 – $186.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $210.00 $11.78 – $297.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $643.80 $10.29 – $912.05
UPMC Muncy Muncy $130.20 $11.78 – $173.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $119.40 $10.81 – $169.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $85.80 $11.78 – $107.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $157.60 $11.78 – $177.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $130.20 $11.78 – $173.60

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