Cine/video x-rays 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

$345.60

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.

$576.00

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.

$58.09 with UPMC Health Plan vs $529.92 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 Medicaid $58.09 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $58.09 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $60.82 ↓ -82%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $68.65 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $69.56 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $78.32 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $82.21 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $83.57 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $90.00 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $94.88 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $104.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna of PA Medicare $106.45 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare $109.49 ↓ -68%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $109.49 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare $111.52 ↓ -68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $149.13 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $201.25 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $207.36 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $208.94 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $224.64 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $225.79 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $230.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $230.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $230.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $230.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $233.33 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $269.51 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $288.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $312.49 ↓ -10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $403.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $404.27 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $460.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $489.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $489.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $529.92 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Cine/video x-rays at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $523.20 $42.00 – $176.35

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