Catecholamines,fractionated, urine 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

$190.20

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.

$317.00

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.

$21.45 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $291.64 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 $21.45 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $21.45 ↓ -89%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $25.35 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $25.55 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $26.98 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $28.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $28.66 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $28.92 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $29.48 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $29.48 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $29.48 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $30.03 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.36 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $30.86 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $33.23 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $42.11 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $47.19 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $75.02 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $100.47 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $114.12 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $123.63 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $124.26 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $126.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $126.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $126.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $126.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $144.65 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $150.70 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $158.30 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $158.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $212.00 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $221.90 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $253.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $269.45 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $269.45 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $291.64 ↑ +53%

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Catecholamines,fractionated, urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $293.40 $21.45 – $47.19
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $226.20 $19.50 – $47.19
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $198.60 $21.45 – $47.19
UPMC Cole Coudersport $163.80 $17.75 – $218.40
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $173.40 $19.50 – $51.23
UPMC Kane Kane $252.00 $21.45 – $117.83
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $234.00 $21.45 – $29.80

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