Desoxycorticosterone 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

$261.00

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.

$435.00

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.

$28.99 with UPMC Health Plan vs $400.20 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 $28.99 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $30.62 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $31.78 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $32.53 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $33.46 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $33.46 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $33.46 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $34.08 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $47.09 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $47.09 ↓ -82%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $55.65 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $63.49 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $66.64 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $67.74 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $69.25 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $72.96 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $85.01 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $135.12 ↓ -48%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $156.60 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $169.65 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $170.52 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $174.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $174.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $174.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $174.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $180.96 ↓ -31%
InterGroup PPO $217.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $237.89 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $271.45 ↑ +4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $285.14 ↑ +9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $304.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $348.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $369.75 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $369.75 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $381.86 ↑ +46%
Multiplan PPO $400.20 ↑ +53%

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Desoxycorticosterone at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $324.00 $28.79 – $85.01
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $390.00 $30.62 – $85.01
UPMC Altoona Altoona $398.40 $30.62 – $531.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $67.20 $15.34 – $95.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $67.20 $22.40 – $237.89
UPMC Hamot Erie $505.80 $30.62 – $84.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $285.60 $28.10 – $49.23
UPMC Hanover Hanover $67.20 $30.67 – $58.31

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