Culture fungi skin/hair/nail 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

$80.40

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.

$134.00

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.

$7.22 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 Medicare $7.22 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $7.62 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $7.91 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $8.10 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.33 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $8.33 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $8.33 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $8.48 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $10.67 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $10.67 ↓ -87%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $12.61 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.39 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $14.70 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.10 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.35 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $16.53 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $21.15 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $33.62 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $45.02 ↓ -44%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $48.24 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $50.51 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $52.26 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $52.53 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $53.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $53.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $53.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $53.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $67.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $67.53 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $70.94 ↓ -12%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $93.80 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $95.00 ↑ +18%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $107.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $113.90 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $113.90 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $123.28 ↑ +53%

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Culture fungi skin/hair/nail at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $80.40 $6.43 – $20.95
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $253.20 $7.16 – $21.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $520.20 $7.62 – $21.15
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $79.80 $6.66 – $21.15
UPMC Altoona Altoona $108.00 $7.62 – $144.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $66.60 $2.78 – $99.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $43.20 $7.63 – $61.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $77.40 $5.01 – $103.20

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