Destruction 2-14 lesions 17003 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

$85.80

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.

$143.00

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.

$1.97 with Aetna vs $134.18 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 Medicare $1.97 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $4.67 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $4.67 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $5.53 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $6.30 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6.62 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.73 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $7.24 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $18.41 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $22.58 ↓ -74%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $51.48 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $53.26 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $55.77 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $56.06 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $57.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $57.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $57.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $57.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $61.75 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $71.32 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $71.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $71.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $82.69 ↓ -4%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $83.07 ↓ -3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $100.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $106.98 ↑ +25%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $114.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $121.55 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $121.55 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $131.56 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $134.18 ↑ +56%

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Destruction 2-14 lesions 17003 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $108.60 $4.67 – $29.39
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $85.80 $4.67 – $22.58
UPMC Altoona Altoona $26.40 $4.25 – $35.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $72.60 $5.40 – $102.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $30.60 $4.46 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $72.60 $5.40 – $134.18
UPMC Hanover Hanover $72.60 $5.40 – $23.63
UPMC Kane Kane $46.80 $4.67 – $27.67

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