CT Angiogram of the Neck 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

$3,562.20

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.

$5,937.00

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.

$158.84 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,462.04 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 $158.84 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $174.10 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $178.21 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $183.28 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $183.30 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $183.30 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $186.69 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $309.42 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $309.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $365.68 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $367.64 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $417.15 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $435.74 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $437.88 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $445.11 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $479.37 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $722.50 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,260.64 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,262.97 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,461.62 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,688.24 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,957.44 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,137.32 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $2,315.43 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,327.30 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,374.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,374.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,374.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,374.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,532.37 ↓ -29%
InterGroup PPO $2,968.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,155.90 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,749.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,046.45 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $5,046.45 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $5,462.04 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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CT Angiogram of the Neck at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,441.00 $141.48 – $848.59
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,170.40 $157.72 – $840.12
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,181.60 $183.30 – $986.73
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,067.20 $146.54 – $722.50
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,617.00 $200.20 – $2,156.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,082.40 $61.23 – $1,623.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,294.80 $168.60 – $1,834.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,004.40 $275.78 – $1,339.20

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