CT limited or localized follow-up study 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

$1,122.60

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.

$1,871.00

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.

$78.57 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,721.32 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 $78.57 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $86.12 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $88.15 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $90.66 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $90.67 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $90.67 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $92.34 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $190.93 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $212.18 ↓ -81%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $336.78 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $456.29 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $613.85 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $655.93 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $673.56 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $711.71 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $729.69 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $733.43 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $748.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $748.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $748.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $748.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $822.05 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $935.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $953.13 ↓ -15%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,029.05 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,029.05 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,233.08 ↑ +10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,309.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,496.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,590.35 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,590.35 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,721.32 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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CT limited or localized follow-up study at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,217.00 $69.98 – $463.87
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,101.60 $78.01 – $530.57
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,632.60 $63.60 – $539.38
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $966.60 $72.48 – $456.29
UPMC Altoona Altoona $816.00 $85.61 – $1,088.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $624.60 $46.33 – $884.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $624.60 $69.43 – $884.85
UPMC East Monroeville $1,035.60 $84.18 – $1,380.80

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