2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at UPMC Magee

300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$942.00

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.

$1,570.00

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.

$282.60 with Aetna vs $2,870.26 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $282.60 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $318.29 ↓ -66%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $565.20 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $612.30 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $615.44 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $628.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $628.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $628.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $628.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $704.95 ↓ -25%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $772.66 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $785.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna of PA Medicare $790.89 ↓ -16%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $813.41 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Medicare $813.49 ↓ -14%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $813.49 ↓ -14%
Aetna Medicare $828.55 ↓ -12%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $863.50 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $863.50 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $971.38 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,067.66 ↑ +13%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,099.00 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,256.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,300.88 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,334.50 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,334.50 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,429.83 ↑ +52%
Multiplan PPO $1,444.40 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,857.97 ↑ +97%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,951.33 ↑ +107%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,870.26 ↑ +205%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,508.00 $315.29 – $828.55
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,004.60 $318.29 – $828.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,907.00 $318.29 – $3,004.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,452.80 $318.29 – $828.55
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,441.20 $315.29 – $1,921.60
UPMC East Monroeville $2,434.80 $318.29 – $3,246.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $811.20 $305.54 – $1,010.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,071.20 $683.10 – $813.49

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