Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$265.20
Cash price 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.
$442.00
Gross charge 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.
$42.75 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $383.64 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $42.75 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $42.75 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $50.52 | ↓ -81% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $57.63 | ↓ -78% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $60.49 | ↓ -77% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $61.49 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $62.27 | ↓ -77% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $66.23 | ↓ -75% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $73.72 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $77.16 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $77.85 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $80.80 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $82.71 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $85.06 | ↓ -68% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $85.07 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $85.07 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $86.65 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $122.65 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $150.12 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $162.63 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $163.46 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $164.27 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $166.80 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $166.80 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $166.80 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $166.80 | ↓ -37% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $208.50 | ↓ -21% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $213.92 | ↓ -19% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $246.40 | ↓ -7% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $258.83 | ↓ -2% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $291.90 | ↑ +10% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $333.60 | ↑ +26% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $346.63 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | Commercial | $354.45 | ↑ +34% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $354.45 | ↑ +34% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $383.64 | ↑ +45% |
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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $343.80 | $42.75 – $86.65 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $432.60 | $42.75 – $90.52 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $678.60 | $38.86 – $90.52 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $228.60 | $42.75 – $86.65 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $251.40 | $38.86 – $335.20 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $299.40 | $28.42 – $449.10 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $130.20 | $40.80 – $173.60 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $591.00 | $38.86 – $788.00 |