Br punct aspir ea add, l 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

$203.40

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.

$339.00

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.

$20.27 with Aetna vs $327.17 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Aetna Medicare $20.27 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.43 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $22.43 ↓ -89%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $26.51 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $30.24 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $31.74 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $32.27 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.75 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $56.30 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $68.61 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $113.20 ↓ -44%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $122.04 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $132.21 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $132.89 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $135.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $135.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $135.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $135.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $162.87 ↓ -20%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $169.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $169.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $182.84 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $188.83 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $218.11 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $237.30 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $252.89 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $271.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $288.15 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $288.15 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $311.88 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $327.17 ↑ +61%

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Br punct aspir ea add, l at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $231.60 $20.39 – $308.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $401.40 $21.41 – $602.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $497.40 $25.90 – $9,539.00
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UPMC Northwest Seneca $361.80 $22.43 – $144.73
UPMC Hanover Hanover $497.40 $25.90 – $67.28
UPMC Lititz Lititz $497.40 $18.43 – $66.60
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