Chromosome study 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

$369.00

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.

$615.00

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.

$32.22 with UPMC Health Plan vs $565.80 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 $32.22 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.03 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $35.32 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.15 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.18 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $37.18 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $37.18 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $37.87 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $44.60 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $44.60 ↓ -88%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $52.72 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $60.14 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $63.12 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $64.17 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $69.11 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $75.54 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $94.46 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $150.15 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $201.10 ↓ -46%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $221.40 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $239.85 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $241.08 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $246.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $246.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $246.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $246.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $259.50 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $301.65 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $307.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $316.86 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $424.35 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $430.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $492.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $522.75 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $522.75 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $565.80 ↑ +53%

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Chromosome study additional at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $453.60 $34.03 – $94.46
UPMC Bedford Everett $607.20 $12.42 – $910.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $590.40 $31.22 – $46.63
UPMC Kane Kane $313.80 $34.03 – $148.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $472.80 $34.03 – $69.11
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,276.00 $34.03 – $69.11

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