Aortic dysfunction/dilation 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

$9,324.60

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.

$15,541.00

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.

$178.20 with Aetna vs $2,356.09 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $178.20 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $322.66 ↓ -97%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $356.40 ↓ -96%
Aetna EBR FI $386.10 ↓ -96%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $388.08 ↓ -96%
Cigna New Business ASO $396.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna EBR ASO $396.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $396.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial $396.00 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $471.69 ↓ -95%
InterGroup PPO $495.00 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $498.11 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $512.89 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $517.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $529.20 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $544.27 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $544.32 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $544.32 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $544.50 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $544.50 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $554.40 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $686.91 ↓ -93%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $693.00 ↓ -93%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $792.00 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial $841.50 ↓ -91%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $841.50 ↓ -91%
Multiplan PPO $910.80 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,030.36 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,082.32 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,288.65 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,449.47 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,356.09 ↓ -75%

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Aortic dysfunction/dilation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $9,101.40 $322.66 – $579.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $9,101.40 $322.66 – $1,297.91
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $7,431.60 $322.66 – $554.40
UPMC Altoona Altoona $8,846.40 $319.62 – $9,631.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $9,243.00 $319.62 – $544.32
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $9,289.20 $451.23 – $544.32
UPMC Muncy Muncy $6,552.00 $393.52 – $532.86
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $8,320.00 $393.52 – $498.11

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