Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site 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

$72.60

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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.

$121.00

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.

$14.28 with UPMC Health Plan vs $179.71 with Aetna — 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 Commercial $14.28 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $20.38 ↓ -72%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $21.78 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $32.39 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $43.38 ↓ -40%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $43.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $47.19 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $47.43 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $48.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $48.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $48.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $48.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $49.06 ↓ -32%
InterGroup PPO $60.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $65.08 ↓ -10%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.55 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $66.55 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $68.36 ↓ -6%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $84.46 ↑ +16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $84.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $91.55 ↑ +26%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $96.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $102.85 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $102.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $111.32 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $152.90 ↑ +111%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $167.58 ↑ +131%
Aetna of PA Medicare $171.54 ↑ +136%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.42 ↑ +143%
United Healthcare Medicare $176.44 ↑ +143%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.44 ↑ +143%
Aetna Medicare $179.71 ↑ +148%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $213.00 $13.53 – $179.71
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $68.40 $13.61 – $179.71
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $75.00 $14.36 – $179.71
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $76.80 $13.65 – $179.71
UPMC Altoona Altoona $154.80 $20.19 – $206.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $56.40 $13.68 – $176.44
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $337.20 $49.06 – $477.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $63.00 $29.11 – $113.83

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