Cptr ophth dx img post segmt 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

$200.40

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.

$334.00

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.

$27.58 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $307.28 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $27.58 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $42.27 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $42.27 ↓ -79%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $49.96 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $53.00 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $56.99 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $58.09 ↓ -71%
Aetna of PA Medicare $59.46 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $59.82 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $60.81 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $61.15 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare $61.16 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $61.16 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare $62.29 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $65.49 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $66.44 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $84.18 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $92.53 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $112.74 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $116.90 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $120.24 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $123.92 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $130.26 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $130.93 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $133.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $133.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $133.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $133.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $145.29 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $167.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $169.11 ↓ -16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $233.80 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $267.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $283.90 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $283.90 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $307.28 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Cptr ophth dx img post segmt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $152.40 $27.32 – $72.94

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