C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout 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

$4,054.80

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.

$6,758.00

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.

$232.46 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $6,217.36 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 $232.46 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $289.97 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $289.97 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $308.39 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $325.66 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $338.01 ↓ -92%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $342.69 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $345.99 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $355.84 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $355.87 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare $355.87 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $362.46 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $369.51 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $390.93 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $410.36 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $417.14 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $449.24 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $494.88 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $742.31 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $762.23 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $779.75 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,044.26 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,393.62 ↓ -66%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,432.88 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $2,635.62 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,649.14 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,703.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,703.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,703.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,703.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $3,379.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,730.60 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,406.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,744.30 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $5,744.30 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $6,217.36 ↑ +53%

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C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,055.40 $232.46 – $378.68
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,054.80 $232.46 – $410.36
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,723.60 $230.27 – $4,964.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,054.80 $118.89 – $6,082.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,123.20 $53.00 – $1,497.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,054.80 $289.97 – $355.87
UPMC Jameson New Castle $4,054.80 $234.33 – $355.87
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,941.40 $289.97 – $359.75

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