Bilirubin direct 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

$186.60

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.

$311.00

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.

$4.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $286.12 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 $4.70 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.96 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $5.15 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5.27 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.42 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5.42 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $5.42 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $5.52 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $7.62 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.62 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8.49 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $9.01 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.28 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $10.79 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $10.97 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11.81 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.45 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $21.39 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $28.64 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $29.18 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $42.96 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $45.13 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $60.44 ↓ -68%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $111.96 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $121.29 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $121.91 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $124.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $124.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $124.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $124.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $155.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $217.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $248.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $264.35 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $264.35 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $286.12 ↑ +53%

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Bilirubin direct at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $58.80 $4.18 – $13.33
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $126.60 $4.67 – $13.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $153.00 $4.96 – $13.45
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $66.60 $4.33 – $13.45
UPMC Altoona Altoona $58.20 $4.96 – $77.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $33.00 $1.81 – $49.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $25.20 $4.97 – $35.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $49.80 $3.26 – $66.40

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