Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) 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

$154.80

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.

$258.00

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.

$20.81 with UPMC Health Plan vs $237.36 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 $20.81 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $21.97 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $22.80 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $23.34 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $24.01 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $24.01 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $24.01 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $24.45 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $27.30 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.14 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $32.69 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $33.23 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $33.87 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $35.79 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $43.37 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $68.93 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $92.32 ↓ -40%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $92.88 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $100.62 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $101.14 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $103.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $103.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $103.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $103.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $116.37 ↓ -25%
InterGroup PPO $129.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $138.48 ↓ -11%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $145.46 ↓ -6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $180.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $194.81 ↑ +26%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $206.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $219.30 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $219.30 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $237.36 ↑ +53%

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Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $289.20 $18.53 – $42.96
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $496.20 $20.66 – $43.37
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $210.00 $21.00 – $43.37
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $225.60 $19.19 – $43.37
UPMC Altoona Altoona $259.20 $21.00 – $345.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $8.02 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $113.40 $21.00 – $160.65
UPMC Cole Coudersport $156.00 $14.45 – $208.00

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