Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$70.80
Cash price 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.
$118.00
Gross charge 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.
$16.69 with Aetna vs $233.49 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $16.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $21.24 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $27.14 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $34.17 | ↓ -52% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $38.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $42.48 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $46.02 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $46.26 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $47.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $47.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $47.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $47.20 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $48.29 | ↓ -32% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $59.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $59.00 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $64.90 | ↓ -8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $82.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $94.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $100.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $100.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $108.56 | ↑ +53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $114.62 | ↑ +62% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $116.23 | ↑ +64% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $126.17 | ↑ +78% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $153.50 | ↑ +117% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $155.66 | ↑ +120% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $194.91 | ↑ +175% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $233.49 | ↑ +230% |
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Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $75.60 | $33.85 – $99.63 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $83.40 | $34.17 – $183.09 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $81.60 | $18.00 – $203.99 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $76.80 | $34.17 – $154.82 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $62.40 | $19.76 – $126.17 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $25.80 | $2.47 – $126.17 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $86.40 | $33.85 – $48.29 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $223.20 | $48.29 – $152.67 |