Cytogenomic neo microra alys 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

$1,343.40

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.

$2,239.00

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.

$380.16 with Aetna vs $2,944.80 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $380.16 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $655.54 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $739.20 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $760.32 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR FI $823.68 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $827.90 ↓ -38%
Cigna New Business ASO $844.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $844.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $844.80 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $844.80 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $918.72 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,042.01 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $1,056.00 ↓ -21%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,085.64 ↓ -19%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,146.45 ↓ -15%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,161.60 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,161.60 ↓ -14%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,189.93 ↓ -11%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,218.00 ↓ -9%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,252.68 ↓ -7%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,252.80 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,252.80 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare $1,276.00 ↓ -5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,395.54 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,478.40 ↑ +10%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,689.60 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,795.20 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial $1,795.20 ↑ +34%
Multiplan PPO $1,943.04 ↑ +45%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,093.32 ↑ +56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,198.89 ↑ +64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,944.80 ↑ +119%

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Cytogenomic neo microra alys at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,343.40 $649.35 – $1,276.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,416.00 $655.54 – $1,333.08
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,343.40 $655.54 – $1,333.08
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,343.40 $655.54 – $1,276.00
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,245.00 $649.35 – $1,595.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,343.40 $418.53 – $1,900.80
UPMC East Monroeville $1,343.40 $655.54 – $1,689.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,364.40 $649.35 – $1,252.80

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