Artiss fibrin sealant 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

$2,141.40

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.

$3,569.00

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.

$31.92 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,283.48 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 $31.92 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $107.07 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $108.57 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $132.79 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $143.39 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $145.40 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $145.55 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $148.98 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $150.40 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $153.23 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $153.24 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $153.24 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $156.08 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $218.11 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $515.48 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $796.33 ↓ -63%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $819.09 ↓ -62%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,284.84 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $1,391.91 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,399.05 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,427.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,427.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,427.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,427.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $1,784.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,962.95 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,962.95 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,498.30 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,855.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,033.65 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $3,033.65 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $3,283.48 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Artiss fibrin sealant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,568.00 $31.62 – $156.08
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,662.40 $31.92 – $833.44
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,525.80 $31.62 – $1,645.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $360.60 $166.60 – $480.80
UPMC East Monroeville $2,020.20 $31.92 – $2,693.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,862.00 $31.62 – $153.24
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,076.20 $141.89 – $153.24

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