Bronchoscopy clear airways 31645 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

$2,145.00

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.

$3,575.00

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.

$162.58 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,289.00 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 Medicaid $162.58 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $162.58 ↓ -92%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $192.14 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $219.19 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $230.08 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $233.88 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $251.88 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -74%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $687.66 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,060.30 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,287.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $1,394.25 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,401.40 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,430.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,430.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,430.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,430.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,538.69 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,591.86 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,686.50 ↓ -21%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,712.54 ↓ -20%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,726.28 ↓ -20%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,775.44 ↓ -17%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,775.61 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,775.61 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $1,787.50 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare $1,808.49 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,845.64 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,131.80 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,471.73 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,502.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,860.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $3,038.75 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,038.75 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,197.71 ↑ +49%
Multiplan PPO $3,289.00 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy clear airways 31645 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,487.00 $162.58 – $1,808.49
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,653.80 $162.58 – $1,808.49
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,393.60 $162.58 – $1,808.49
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,515.40 $147.80 – $4,687.20
UPMC East Monroeville $2,812.80 $162.58 – $3,750.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,037.20 $162.58 – $2,391.19
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,629.80 $162.58 – $1,775.61
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,629.80 $162.58 – $2,219.51

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