Application of cylinder cast 29365 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

$615.60

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.

$1,026.00

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.

$66.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $943.92 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 $66.00 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $66.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $78.00 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $88.98 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $93.40 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $94.94 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $102.25 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $131.35 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $236.97 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $258.65 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $259.73 ↓ -58%
Aetna of PA Medicare $265.86 ↓ -57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $273.43 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare $273.46 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $273.46 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $278.52 ↓ -55%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $281.24 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $369.36 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $380.02 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $400.14 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $402.19 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $410.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $410.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $410.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $410.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $417.76 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $440.61 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $508.92 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $513.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $590.07 ↓ -4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $718.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $763.38 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $820.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $872.10 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $872.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $943.92 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Application of cylinder cast 29365 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $718.80 $66.00 – $327.02
UPMC Cole Coudersport $389.40 $62.65 – $205.08
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UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $801.60 $66.00 – $993.28
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