Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) 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

$1,745.40

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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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$2,909.00

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.

$69.65 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,001.48 with Aetna — 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 $69.65 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $69.65 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $82.32 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $93.90 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $98.57 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $100.20 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $106.44 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $107.91 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $213.06 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $307.93 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $357.02 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $412.37 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $478.13 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $618.56 ↓ -65%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,047.24 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $1,134.51 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,140.33 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,163.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,163.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,163.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,163.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $1,454.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,934.20 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,036.30 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,130.46 ↑ +22%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,327.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,472.65 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,472.65 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,553.72 ↑ +46%
Multiplan PPO $2,676.28 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $2,799.02 ↑ +60%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2,865.05 ↑ +64%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,946.64 ↑ +69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,946.91 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,946.91 ↑ +69%
Aetna Medicare $3,001.48 ↑ +72%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,745.40 $69.65 – $3,001.48
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,745.40 $69.65 – $3,001.48
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,745.40 $69.65 – $3,001.48
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,712.40 $63.32 – $2,283.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,644.60 $80.42 – $6,579.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $182.40 $37.14 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,644.60 $85.48 – $6,579.85
UPMC East Monroeville $1,745.40 $69.65 – $2,865.05

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