Cytogenetics 25-99 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

$357.60

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.

$596.00

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.

$39.66 with UPMC Health Plan vs $548.32 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 $39.66 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $41.88 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $43.47 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $44.50 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $45.77 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $45.77 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $45.77 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $46.62 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $69.47 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $87.26 ↓ -76%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $107.28 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $138.70 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $185.76 ↓ -48%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $214.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $232.44 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $233.63 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $238.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $238.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $238.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $238.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $238.67 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $278.64 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $292.69 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $298.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $327.80 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $327.80 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $391.98 ↑ +10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $417.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $476.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $506.60 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $506.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $548.32 ↑ +53%

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Cytogenetics 25-99 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $325.20 $35.33 – $86.43
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $401.40 $39.38 – $87.26
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $400.80 $31.02 – $87.26
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $308.40 $36.59 – $87.26
UPMC Altoona Altoona $158.40 $41.88 – $211.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $153.00 $27.55 – $204.00
UPMC East Monroeville $666.60 $41.88 – $888.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $420.60 $41.88 – $86.43

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