Bld prd mix 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

$187.20

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.

$312.00

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.

$37.97 with UPMC Health Plan vs $287.04 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 Commercial $37.97 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $48.21 ↓ -74%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $56.16 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $76.63 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $102.63 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $112.32 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $121.68 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $122.30 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $124.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $124.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $124.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $124.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $130.42 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $152.90 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $153.94 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $156.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $161.70 ↓ -14%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $167.58 ↓ -10%
Aetna of PA Medicare $171.54 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $171.60 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $171.60 ↓ -8%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.42 ↓ -6%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.44 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Medicare $176.44 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare $179.71 ↓ -4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $216.56 ↑ +16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $218.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $249.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $265.20 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $265.20 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $287.04 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Bld prd mix at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $81.60 $35.98 – $179.71
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $106.80 $36.19 – $179.71
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $498.00 $38.19 – $179.71
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $237.00 $36.28 – $179.71
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $201.60 $46.03 – $285.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $201.60 $67.20 – $285.60
UPMC East Monroeville $369.60 $35.88 – $492.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $201.60 $88.20 – $261.92

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