Anoscopy remove lesions w/cautery/snare 46612 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

$2,734.20

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.

$4,557.00

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.

$88.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,192.44 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 $88.00 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $88.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $104.00 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $118.64 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $124.54 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $126.59 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $136.34 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $333.75 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,072.93 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,591.86 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,640.52 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,732.92 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $1,777.23 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,786.34 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $1,822.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,822.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,822.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,822.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,845.64 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,131.80 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $2,278.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,446.95 ↓ -11%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,471.73 ↓ -10%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $2,682.00 ↓ -2%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2,745.27 ↑ +0%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,823.44 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,823.70 ↑ +3%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,823.70 ↑ +3%
Aetna Medicare $2,875.99 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,189.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,197.71 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3,645.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,873.45 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $3,873.45 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $4,192.44 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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