Aep thrshld est mlt freq i&r 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

$831.60

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.

$1,386.00

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.

$86.98 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,275.12 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $86.98 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $101.57 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $101.57 ↓ -88%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $120.04 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $133.67 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $136.94 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $143.75 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $146.12 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $157.37 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $265.44 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $277.85 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $291.75 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $304.54 ↓ -63%
Aetna of PA Medicare $311.72 ↓ -63%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $320.60 ↓ -61%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $320.63 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare $320.63 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $326.57 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $355.48 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $390.71 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $485.10 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $498.96 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $533.22 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR FI $540.54 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $543.31 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $554.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $554.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $554.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $554.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $602.91 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $693.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $970.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,108.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,178.10 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,178.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,275.12 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Aep thrshld est mlt freq i&r at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $519.60 $86.16 – $326.57
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,593.60 $86.98 – $326.57
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,635.60 $86.98 – $326.57
UPMC Altoona Altoona $261.00 $86.16 – $348.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $898.20 $86.16 – $395.44
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,593.60 $87.68 – $371.10
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $295.20 $101.57 – $157.37
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $619.00 $78.24 – $434.70

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