#cbg+cort-cbg 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

$171.00

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.

$285.00

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.

$16.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $262.20 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $16.85 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.79 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $18.46 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $18.90 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.44 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $19.44 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.44 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $19.80 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $27.36 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $27.36 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $32.33 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $36.88 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $38.72 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $39.35 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $42.38 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $43.75 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $49.63 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $78.90 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $102.60 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $105.66 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $111.15 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $111.72 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $114.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $114.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $114.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $114.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $142.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $150.30 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $158.49 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $166.49 ↓ -3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $199.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $222.96 ↑ +30%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $228.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $242.25 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $242.25 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $262.20 ↑ +53%

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#cbg+cort-cbg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $128.40 $15.00 – $49.17
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $186.00 $16.73 – $49.63
UPMC Altoona Altoona $244.80 $17.79 – $326.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $328.20 $16.32 – $28.60
UPMC Kane Kane $88.20 $17.79 – $77.69
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $201.00 $16.68 – $49.63
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $246.00 $17.79 – $42.38
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $246.00 $17.79 – $31.83

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