Cath stripping venous s&i 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

$602.40

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.

$1,004.00

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.

$99.47 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $923.68 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 $99.47 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $109.06 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $136.81 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $171.30 ↓ -72%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $180.72 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $229.33 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $287.79 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $333.67 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $361.44 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $385.40 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR FI $391.56 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $393.57 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $401.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $401.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $401.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $401.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $446.85 ↓ -26%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $502.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $502.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $552.20 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $552.20 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $578.10 ↓ -4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $702.80 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $803.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $853.40 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $853.40 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $923.68 ↑ +53%

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Cath stripping venous s&i at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $411.60 $67.95 – $221.93
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $600.60 $70.50 – $199.19
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $712.20 $85.88 – $258.06
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $437.40 $64.86 – $171.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,564.20 $136.81 – $2,215.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,564.20 $136.81 – $2,215.95
UPMC East Monroeville $424.20 $64.14 – $565.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $246.00 $68.32 – $460.44

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