Debrid/rmv fgn bdy/open fx/skin/sq 11010 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

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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.

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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.

$627.79 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,606.16 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $627.79 —
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $688.10 —
Aetna of PA Medicare $704.33 —
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $724.39 —
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $724.45 —
United Healthcare Medicare $724.45 —
Aetna Medicare $737.87 —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $791.06 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $792.58 —
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $942.38 —
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,522.08 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,293.00 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,658.57 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,070.76 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,560.41 —
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,606.16 —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Debrid/rmv fgn bdy/open fx/skin/sq 11010 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,565.60 $559.17 – $884.36
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,493.80 $579.07 – $1,028.33
UPMC Altoona Altoona $5,050.20 $684.07 – $6,733.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $5,263.20 $242.02 – $7,894.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $553.20 $255.58 – $1,041.88
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,956.60 $774.17 – $975.61
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,350.20 $608.34 – $769.79
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $3,774.00 $600.56 – $1,258.74

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