Cryofibrinogen qualitative - sendout 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

$85.20

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.

$142.00

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.

$5.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $123.28 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $5.50 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $5.50 ↓ -94%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $6.50 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $7.42 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $7.78 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $7.91 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $8.52 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $13.23 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.97 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $14.50 ↓ -83%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.85 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.27 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $15.27 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.27 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $15.55 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.45 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $23.53 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $37.40 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $48.24 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $50.09 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $52.26 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $52.53 ↓ -38%
Cigna New Business ASO $53.60 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $53.60 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $53.60 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $53.60 ↓ -37%
InterGroup PPO $67.00 ↓ -21%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $73.70 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $75.14 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $78.93 ↓ -7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $93.80 ↑ +10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $105.71 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $107.20 ↑ +26%
Humana Commercial $113.90 ↑ +34%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $113.90 ↑ +34%
Multiplan PPO $123.28 ↑ +45%

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Cryofibrinogen qualitative - sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $61.20 $5.50 – $23.31
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $81.60 $5.50 – $23.53
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $369.60 $5.50 – $23.53
UPMC Altoona Altoona $55.20 $5.00 – $73.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $146.40 $5.00 – $219.60
UPMC East Monroeville $179.40 $5.00 – $239.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $127.80 $5.00 – $23.31
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $5.50 – $14.85

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