Chromosome count additional 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

$131.40

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.

$219.00

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.

$25.19 with UPMC Health Plan vs $234.26 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 Medicare $25.19 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $26.60 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $27.60 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $28.26 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $28.89 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $28.89 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $29.06 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $29.06 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $29.06 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $29.60 ↓ -77%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $34.14 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $38.94 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $40.00 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $40.88 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $41.55 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $44.75 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $52.15 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $70.20 ↓ -47%
Aetna EBR FI $76.05 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $76.44 ↓ -42%
Cigna New Business ASO $78.00 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR ASO $78.00 ↓ -41%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $78.00 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $78.00 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $82.89 ↓ -37%
InterGroup PPO $97.50 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $111.02 ↓ -16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $136.50 ↑ +4%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $137.42 ↑ +5%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $156.00 ↑ +19%
Humana Commercial $165.75 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $165.75 ↑ +26%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $166.52 ↑ +27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $174.92 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $179.40 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $234.26 ↑ +78%

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Chromosome count additional at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Hamot Erie $293.40 $26.11 – $51.66
UPMC Lititz Lititz $97.80 $26.26 – $43.06
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $62.50 $25.43 – $55.89

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