Bx vag mucos smpl (sep proc) 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

$777.60

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.

$1,296.00

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.

$65.99 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,192.32 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $65.99 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $65.99 ↓ -92%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $77.99 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $88.97 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $93.39 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $94.93 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $102.23 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $131.35 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $248.01 ↓ -68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $277.99 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $380.02 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $400.57 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $440.61 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $466.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $505.44 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $508.03 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $508.92 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $518.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $518.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $518.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $518.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $590.07 ↓ -24%
InterGroup PPO $648.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $763.38 ↓ -2%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $776.94 ↓ -0%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $851.57 ↑ +10%
Aetna of PA Medicare $871.66 ↑ +12%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $896.48 ↑ +15%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $896.56 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare Medicare $896.56 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $907.20 ↑ +17%
Aetna Medicare $913.16 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,036.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,101.60 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,101.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,192.32 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bx vag mucos smpl (sep proc) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $711.00 $65.99 – $913.16
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $966.60 $65.99 – $913.16
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,452.00 $76.19 – $2,057.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,452.00 $76.19 – $1,330.91
UPMC Kane Kane $787.80 $65.99 – $435.40
UPMC Memorial York $1,452.00 $76.19 – $1,335.92
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,452.00 $65.99 – $830.15
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $849.60 $65.99 – $776.96

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