Bra surgical elizabeth pink sm 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

$96.00

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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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$160.00

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.

$16.56 with Aetna vs $325.04 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 CHIP/Medicaid $16.56 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.16 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $23.64 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.36 ↓ -68%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $33.12 ↓ -66%
Aetna EBR FI $35.88 ↓ -63%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $36.06 ↓ -62%
Cigna New Business ASO $36.80 ↓ -62%
Aetna EBR ASO $36.80 ↓ -62%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $36.80 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial $36.80 ↓ -62%
InterGroup PPO $46.00 ↓ -52%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $46.00 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $47.57 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $50.60 ↓ -47%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $64.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $67.28 ↓ -30%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $73.60 ↓ -23%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $78.20 ↓ -19%
Humana Commercial $78.20 ↓ -19%
Multiplan PPO $84.64 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $159.56 ↑ +66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $161.80 ↑ +69%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $175.45 ↑ +83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $213.69 ↑ +123%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $216.69 ↑ +126%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $271.04 ↑ +182%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $325.04 ↑ +239%

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Bra surgical elizabeth pink sm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $55.20 $47.12 – $138.54
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $55.20 $47.57 – $254.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $202.80 $33.60 – $283.67
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $55.20 $47.57 – $215.29
UPMC Altoona Altoona $172.20 $47.12 – $229.60
UPMC East Monroeville $74.40 $23.56 – $175.45
UPMC Hamot Erie $104.40 $47.12 – $67.28
UPMC Northwest Seneca $55.20 $67.28 – $212.31

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