Cryptococcus abs qn - 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

$146.40

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.

$244.00

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.

$13.49 with UPMC Health Plan vs $224.48 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 $13.49 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.24 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $14.78 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.13 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.56 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $15.56 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.56 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $15.85 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $21.91 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $21.91 ↓ -85%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $25.90 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.54 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $31.01 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.52 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $31.54 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $33.95 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $40.33 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $64.10 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $85.85 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $87.84 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $95.16 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $95.65 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $97.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $97.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $97.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $97.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $108.36 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $122.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $128.77 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $135.27 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $170.80 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $181.15 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $195.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $207.40 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $207.40 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $224.48 ↑ +53%

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Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $105.00 $12.01 – $39.95
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $138.60 $13.39 – $40.33
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $652.20 $14.24 – $40.33
UPMC Altoona Altoona $216.00 $14.24 – $288.00
UPMC East Monroeville $150.00 $14.24 – $200.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $281.40 $14.24 – $39.95
UPMC Northwest Seneca $136.20 $13.07 – $22.91
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $147.60 $12.90 – $27.69

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