Decalcification at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$609.00
Cash price 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.
$1,015.00
Gross charge 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.
$18.08 with Aetna vs $176.64 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $18.08 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $18.39 | ↓ -97% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $18.39 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $21.74 | ↓ -96% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $24.11 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $24.80 | ↓ -96% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $26.03 | ↓ -96% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $26.46 | ↓ -96% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $28.49 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $32.46 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $51.60 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $69.11 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $69.12 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $74.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $75.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $76.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $76.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $76.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $76.80 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $82.82 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $96.00 | ↓ -84% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $96.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $103.67 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $108.89 | ↓ -82% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $134.40 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $142.12 | ↓ -77% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $145.83 | ↓ -76% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $153.60 | ↓ -75% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $163.20 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Commercial | $163.20 | ↓ -73% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $176.64 | ↓ -71% |
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Decalcification at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $121.20 | $18.39 – $142.36 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $334.20 | $18.39 – $165.26 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $645.60 | $7.43 – $165.54 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $111.60 | $18.39 – $142.12 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $127.80 | $16.72 – $170.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $83.40 | $16.72 – $141.08 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $124.80 | $8.11 – $176.80 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $80.40 | $17.56 – $141.08 |