Assay toxin or antitoxin 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

$204.00

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.

$340.00

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.

$18.47 with UPMC Health Plan vs $312.80 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 $18.47 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.51 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $20.25 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $20.73 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $21.32 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $21.32 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $21.32 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $21.71 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $22.89 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $24.62 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $24.62 ↓ -88%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $29.09 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $31.47 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $33.19 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $34.84 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $35.41 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $38.14 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $50.02 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $66.99 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $78.62 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $100.49 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $105.56 ↓ -48%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $122.40 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $132.60 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $133.28 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $136.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $136.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $136.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $136.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $141.36 ↓ -31%
InterGroup PPO $170.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $238.00 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $272.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $289.00 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $289.00 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $312.80 ↑ +53%

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Assay toxin or antitoxin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $201.00 $17.04 – $34.94
UPMC Altoona Altoona $161.40 $19.51 – $215.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $110.40 $6.32 – $156.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $110.40 $19.54 – $156.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $110.40 $6.32 – $31.58
UPMC Lititz Lititz $110.40 $6.32 – $31.58
UPMC Memorial York $110.40 $6.32 – $126.19
UPMC Muncy Muncy $154.20 $19.51 – $38.14

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