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Blood Count (CBC) Test (without differential) 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

$45.00

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.

$75.00

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.

$6.06 with UPMC Health Plan vs $69.00 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 $6.06 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $6.39 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $6.64 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $6.79 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $6.99 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $6.99 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6.99 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $7.12 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7.66 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.27 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $8.27 ↓ -82%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $9.78 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.15 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.71 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.90 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $12.63 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $12.82 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $20.07 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $26.32 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $26.89 ↓ -40%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $27.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $29.25 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $29.40 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $30.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $30.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $30.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $30.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $37.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $40.33 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $42.36 ↓ -6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $52.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $56.73 ↑ +26%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $60.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $63.75 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $63.75 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $69.00 ↑ +53%

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Blood Count (CBC) Test (without differential) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $76.20 $5.39 – $114.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $147.00 $6.01 – $208.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $210.00 $6.39 – $297.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $56.40 $5.59 – $79.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $32.40 $6.41 – $45.90
UPMC Altoona Altoona $65.40 $6.39 – $87.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.60 $2.33 – $113.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $46.80 $4.21 – $62.40

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