#aptt mix-1:1 incubated 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

$388.20

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.

$647.00

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.

$32.84 with UPMC Health Plan vs $595.24 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 $32.84 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $36.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.84 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.89 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $37.90 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $37.90 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $38.60 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $72.72 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $91.01 ↓ -77%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $116.46 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $144.67 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $193.75 ↓ -50%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $232.92 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $249.82 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR FI $252.33 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $253.62 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $258.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $258.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $258.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $258.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $290.62 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $305.28 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $323.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $355.85 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $355.85 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $408.84 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $452.90 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $517.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $549.95 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $549.95 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $595.24 ↑ +53%

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#aptt mix-1:1 incubated at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $229.20 $29.25 – $90.15
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $391.80 $32.61 – $91.01
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $256.80 $25.68 – $91.01
UPMC Altoona Altoona $466.20 $34.68 – $621.60
UPMC East Monroeville $696.00 $34.68 – $928.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $562.20 $31.82 – $37.90
UPMC Kane Kane $478.80 $34.68 – $183.96
UPMC Muncy Muncy $252.00 $27.39 – $37.09

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