Block femoral nerve cont infusion cath w/img 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

$1,728.60

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.

$2,881.00

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.

$80.54 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,593.12 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $80.54 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $80.54 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $95.19 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $108.59 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $113.98 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $115.86 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $124.78 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $278.15 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $285.12 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $794.37 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $804.73 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $870.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna of PA Medicare $891.22 ↓ -48%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $916.60 ↓ -47%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $916.68 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare $916.68 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $933.02 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare $933.66 ↓ -46%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,037.16 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,077.68 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $1,123.59 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,129.35 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $1,152.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,152.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,152.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,152.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,249.52 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $1,440.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,616.52 ↓ -6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,016.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,304.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,448.85 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,448.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $2,650.52 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,843.80 ↑ +65%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4,593.12 ↑ +166%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Block femoral nerve cont infusion cath w/img at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,381.20 $80.54 – $933.66
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,384.20 $80.54 – $933.66
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,647.60 $80.54 – $933.66
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,990.20 $80.54 – $933.66
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,714.20 $73.22 – $2,285.60
UPMC East Monroeville $1,370.40 $80.54 – $1,827.20
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,366.80 $80.54 – $916.68
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,289.40 $80.54 – $1,145.85

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