Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$1,020.60
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.
$1,701.00
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.
$72.05 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,476.60 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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $72.05 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $72.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $85.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $97.14 | ↓ -90% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $101.96 | ↓ -90% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $103.65 | ↓ -90% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $111.63 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $206.41 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $217.14 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $394.81 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $577.80 | ↓ -43% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $597.18 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $625.95 | ↓ -39% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $627.79 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $629.16 | ↓ -38% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $637.67 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $642.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $642.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $642.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $642.00 | ↓ -37% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $688.10 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $692.38 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $704.33 | ↓ -31% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $724.39 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $724.45 | ↓ -29% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $724.45 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $737.87 | ↓ -28% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $799.73 | ↓ -22% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $802.50 | ↓ -21% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $927.26 | ↓ -9% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,123.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $1,199.61 | ↑ +18% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $1,284.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,364.25 | ↑ +34% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,364.25 | ↑ +34% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $1,476.60 | ↑ +45% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $576.00 | $72.05 – $737.87 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $483.00 | $72.05 – $737.87 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,305.00 | $72.05 – $878.40 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $745.80 | $72.05 – $737.87 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $445.20 | $65.50 – $593.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $1,265.40 | $68.78 – $1,898.10 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $924.60 | $83.19 – $1,309.85 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $93.60 | $43.24 – $2,325.85 |