#acylcarnitineprfl 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

$163.80

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.

$273.00

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.

$15.79 with UPMC Health Plan vs $251.16 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 Medicare $15.79 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.67 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $17.31 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.71 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.22 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.22 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.22 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $18.56 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $40.10 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $45.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $49.14 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $71.86 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $96.23 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $98.28 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $106.47 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $107.02 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $109.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $109.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $109.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $109.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $136.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $137.76 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $144.35 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $150.15 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $150.15 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $151.63 ↓ -7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $191.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $203.07 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $218.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $232.05 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $232.05 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $251.16 ↑ +53%

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#acylcarnitineprfl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $205.80 $14.06 – $44.78
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $169.20 $15.68 – $45.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $829.20 $12.35 – $45.20
UPMC Altoona Altoona $222.60 $16.67 – $296.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $316.80 $6.09 – $475.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $36.00 $8.22 – $51.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $36.00 $12.00 – $137.76
UPMC East Monroeville $180.60 $16.67 – $240.80

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