Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv 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

$3,453.60

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.

$5,756.00

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.

$77.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,295.52 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 Medicaid $77.00 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $77.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $91.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $103.81 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $108.97 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $110.77 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $119.29 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $358.06 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $736.75 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,422.31 ↓ -59%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,072.16 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,131.49 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $2,244.84 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,256.35 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,297.23 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,302.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,302.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,302.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,302.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,471.31 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,836.99 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,854.47 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $2,878.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,109.51 ↓ -10%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,182.86 ↓ -8%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,273.50 ↓ -5%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,273.80 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,273.80 ↓ -5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,309.63 ↓ -4%
Aetna Medicare $3,334.43 ↓ -3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,029.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,281.72 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,604.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $4,892.60 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,892.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $5,295.52 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,680.20 $88.90 – $8,046.95
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,680.20 $88.90 – $4,859.86
UPMC Memorial York $5,680.20 $88.90 – $4,878.16
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,680.20 $77.00 – $3,031.30
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $3,720.50 $77.00 – $6,516.82

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