Acne surgery 10040 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

$138.00

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$230.00

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.

$18.77 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $211.60 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $18.77 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.00 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $22.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $26.00 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.66 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $31.13 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.65 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $41.09 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $54.29 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $62.94 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $66.36 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $72.70 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $82.80 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $84.30 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $89.70 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $90.16 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $92.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $92.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $92.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $92.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $109.06 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $115.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $161.00 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $177.30 ↑ +28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $184.00 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $194.33 ↑ +41%
Humana Commercial $195.50 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $195.50 ↑ +42%
Aetna of PA Medicare $198.91 ↑ +44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $204.58 ↑ +48%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $204.60 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare Medicare $204.60 ↑ +48%
Aetna Medicare $208.38 ↑ +51%
Multiplan PPO $211.60 ↑ +53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Acne surgery 10040 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $103.80 $18.77 – $208.38
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $284.40 $18.77 – $208.38
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $87.60 $18.77 – $208.38
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $265.20 $25.40 – $375.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $265.20 $25.40 – $375.70
UPMC Hanover Hanover $265.20 $25.40 – $303.71
UPMC Kane Kane $89.40 $22.00 – $484.77
UPMC Lititz Lititz $265.20 $25.40 – $305.34

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