Colonoscopy submucous njx 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

$3,471.00

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.

$5,785.00

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.

$154.22 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,322.20 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 Commercial $154.22 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $234.53 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $234.53 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $249.09 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $277.17 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $316.19 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $331.90 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $337.38 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $363.35 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $715.89 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $792.58 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,052.05 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,153.11 ↓ -67%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,180.32 ↓ -66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,213.93 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $1,236.52 ↓ -64%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,082.60 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $2,256.15 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,267.72 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,293.00 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $2,314.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,314.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,314.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,314.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,658.57 ↓ -23%
InterGroup PPO $2,892.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,070.76 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,560.41 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,049.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,606.16 ↑ +33%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,628.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $4,917.25 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,917.25 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $5,322.20 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Colonoscopy submucous njx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,528.00 $156.49 – $1,236.52
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,137.60 $112.59 – $1,236.52
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,659.00 $94.76 – $1,236.52
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,903.60 $111.79 – $1,236.52
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,764.60 $213.21 – $2,352.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $5,152.80 $137.39 – $7,729.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $687.00 $223.87 – $1,041.88
UPMC East Monroeville $3,903.60 $234.53 – $5,204.80

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