Creatine kinase mb 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

$183.60

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.

$306.00

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.

$10.81 with UPMC Health Plan vs $281.52 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 Medicare $10.81 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $11.09 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.09 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.41 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $11.85 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.13 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.47 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.47 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.47 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $12.71 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $13.10 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $13.42 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.95 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.69 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.95 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $17.18 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $19.55 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $31.08 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $41.63 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $46.09 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $62.44 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $65.59 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $87.84 ↓ -52%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $110.16 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $119.34 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $119.95 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $122.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $122.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $122.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $122.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $153.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $214.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $244.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $260.10 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $260.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $281.52 ↑ +53%

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Creatine kinase mb at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $162.00 $9.63 – $19.37
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $131.40 $10.73 – $19.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $643.80 $10.08 – $19.55
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $156.60 $9.97 – $19.55
UPMC Altoona Altoona $146.40 $10.08 – $195.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $49.80 $4.17 – $74.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $58.80 $10.08 – $83.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $58.80 $10.08 – $83.30

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