Chemodener muscle larynx emg 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

$221.40

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.

$369.00

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.

$66.42 with Aetna vs $799.05 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $66.42 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $129.15 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $132.84 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $137.49 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $143.91 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $144.65 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $147.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $147.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $147.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $147.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $160.51 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $184.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $202.95 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $202.95 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $258.30 ↑ +17%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $259.37 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $295.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $313.65 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $313.65 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $339.48 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $397.78 ↑ +80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $461.19 ↑ +108%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $532.69 ↑ +141%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $617.64 ↑ +179%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $617.91 ↑ +179%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $677.26 ↑ +206%
Aetna of PA Medicare $693.24 ↑ +213%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $712.98 ↑ +222%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $713.05 ↑ +222%
United Healthcare Medicare $713.05 ↑ +222%
Aetna Medicare $726.25 ↑ +228%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $799.05 ↑ +261%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Chemodener muscle larynx emg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $143.40 $29.66 – $771.51
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $811.50 $100.35 – $1,421.04

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