Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code 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

$7,281.60

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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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$12,136.00

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.

$190.99 with UPMC Health Plan vs $11,165.12 with Multiplan — 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 Medicaid $190.99 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $190.99 ↓ -97%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $225.72 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $257.49 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $270.29 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $274.75 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $295.90 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $617.84 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,165.55 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,445.68 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,584.55 ↓ -78%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,621.93 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $1,699.17 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,787.47 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,072.43 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,117.07 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,331.90 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,393.75 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,775.45 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,590.64 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4,368.96 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $4,733.04 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,757.31 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,854.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $4,854.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,854.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $4,854.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $6,068.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $8,495.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $9,708.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $10,315.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $10,315.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $11,165.12 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $7,281.60 $190.99 – $1,699.17
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $7,719.00 $190.99 – $1,699.17
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $9,792.60 $190.99 – $1,699.17
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $7,281.60 $190.99 – $1,699.17
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4,024.80 $173.63 – $5,366.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,637.20 $220.51 – $5,152.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,637.20 $234.40 – $5,152.70
UPMC East Monroeville $7,281.60 $190.99 – $9,708.80

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