Bypass temp external fem-fem 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

$2,146.80

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.

$3,578.00

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.

$18.77 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,291.76 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $18.77 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $44.84 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $49.39 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $54.29 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $62.94 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $72.70 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $84.30 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $109.06 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $551.66 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $604.65 ↓ -72%
Aetna of PA Medicare $618.91 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $636.54 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare $636.60 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $636.60 ↓ -70%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $644.04 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $648.38 ↓ -70%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,288.08 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $1,395.42 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,402.58 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,431.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,431.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,431.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,431.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $1,789.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,967.90 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,967.90 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,504.60 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,862.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $3,041.30 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,041.30 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $3,291.76 ↑ +53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bypass temp external fem-fem at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,349.00 $18.59 – $648.38
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,428.80 $18.77 – $648.38
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $12,069.00 $18.77 – $648.38
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,501.40 $18.77 – $648.38
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,602.00 $18.59 – $2,136.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,757.40 $36.53 – $2,636.10
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,304.60 $49.39 – $3,264.85
UPMC East Monroeville $2,346.00 $18.77 – $3,128.00

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