CT uppr extremity w/o&w/dye 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

$3,515.40

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.

$5,859.00

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 $5,390.28 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 Medicare $158.84 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $174.10 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $178.21 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $183.28 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $183.30 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $183.30 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $186.69 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $362.05 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $394.37 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $847.96 ↓ -76%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,054.62 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,140.94 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,243.76 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,322.83 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,527.93 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,771.56 ↓ -50%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,109.24 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $2,285.01 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,291.90 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,296.73 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,343.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,343.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,343.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,343.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $2,929.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3,222.45 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $3,222.45 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,101.30 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,687.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,980.15 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $4,980.15 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $5,390.28 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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CT uppr extremity w/o&w/dye at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,394.80 $141.48 – $862.55
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,785.80 $157.72 – $986.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,112.00 $111.00 – $1,002.96
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,029.40 $146.54 – $847.96
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,464.00 $240.00 – $1,952.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,424.40 $121.17 – $2,017.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,299.60 $248.43 – $1,732.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,424.40 $121.17 – $2,017.90

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