Brace ank air stirrup univ 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

$301.20

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.

$502.00

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.

$59.74 with Aetna vs $836.39 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 $59.74 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $80.46 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $102.81 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $122.40 ↓ -59%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $147.51 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $160.92 ↓ -47%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $173.07 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR FI $174.33 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $175.22 ↓ -42%
Cigna New Business ASO $178.80 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR ASO $178.80 ↓ -41%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $178.80 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $178.80 ↓ -41%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $223.50 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $223.50 ↓ -26%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $245.85 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $253.74 ↓ -16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $312.90 ↑ +4%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $357.60 ↑ +19%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $379.95 ↑ +26%
Humana Commercial $379.95 ↑ +26%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $391.98 ↑ +30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $410.58 ↑ +36%
Multiplan PPO $411.24 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $416.34 ↑ +38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $549.86 ↑ +83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $557.59 ↑ +85%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $836.39 ↑ +178%

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Brace ank air stirrup univ at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $304.20 $121.25 – $200.36
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $321.00 $122.40 – $368.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $316.20 $72.34 – $410.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $310.20 $122.40 – $311.35
UPMC Altoona Altoona $272.40 $86.26 – $363.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $302.40 $95.76 – $453.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $232.80 $73.72 – $310.40
UPMC East Monroeville $126.60 $40.09 – $253.74

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