Cath place 1st order venous 36011 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

$5,145.00

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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.

$8,575.00

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.

$125.95 with UPMC Health Plan vs $9,571.54 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $125.95 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $125.95 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $148.85 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $169.80 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $178.24 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $181.18 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $183.59 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $195.13 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $474.53 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,646.97 ↓ -68%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,087.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $3,344.25 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3,361.40 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,430.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,430.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3,430.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3,430.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $4,287.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $4,287.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,674.88 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4,764.84 ↓ -7%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5,149.26 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5,524.47 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $6,002.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $6,381.00 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $6,860.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $7,288.75 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $7,288.75 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $7,398.49 ↑ +44%
Multiplan PPO $7,889.00 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $9,571.54 ↑ +86%

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Cath place 1st order venous 36011 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $6,134.40 $125.95 – $1,631.43
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $7,861.80 $125.95 – $1,646.97
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $12,349.80 $125.95 – $1,646.97
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $5,364.60 $125.95 – $1,646.97
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,703.20 $114.50 – $4,937.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,873.00 $145.41 – $17,298.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,910.20 $145.41 – $6,734.26
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,945.60 $125.95 – $1,631.43

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