Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 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

$908.40

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.

$1,514.00

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.

$124.06 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,692.42 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 Medicaid $124.06 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $124.06 ↓ -86%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $146.61 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $167.25 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $175.56 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $178.46 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $192.20 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $291.21 ↓ -68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $300.42 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $387.84 ↓ -57%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $545.04 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $590.46 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $593.49 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $605.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $605.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $605.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $605.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $626.42 ↓ -31%
InterGroup PPO $757.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $776.94 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $842.51 ↓ -7%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $851.57 ↓ -6%
Aetna of PA Medicare $871.66 ↓ -4%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $896.48 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Medicare $896.56 ↓ -1%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $896.56 ↓ -1%
Aetna Medicare $913.16 ↑ +1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $976.83 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,059.80 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,128.28 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,211.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,286.90 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,286.90 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,308.19 ↑ +44%
Multiplan PPO $1,392.88 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,692.42 ↑ +86%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,244.60 $124.06 – $931.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,452.00 $143.23 – $2,057.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,452.00 $143.23 – $1,330.91
UPMC Memorial York $1,452.00 $143.23 – $1,335.92
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,452.00 $124.06 – $892.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $425.40 $124.06 – $993.28
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $124.06 – $1,203.71

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