Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 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

$1,239.00

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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$2,065.00

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.

$75.90 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,899.80 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 Medicaid $75.90 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $75.90 ↓ -94%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $89.70 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $102.33 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $107.41 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $109.19 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $117.59 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $173.23 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $189.87 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $194.34 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $199.88 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $199.90 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $199.90 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $203.60 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $206.41 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $321.79 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $393.70 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $597.18 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $635.88 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $692.38 ↓ -44%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $743.40 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $799.73 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR FI $805.35 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $809.48 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $826.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $826.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $826.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $826.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $927.26 ↓ -25%
InterGroup PPO $1,032.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,199.61 ↓ -3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,445.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,652.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,755.25 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,755.25 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,899.80 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,651.80 $75.90 – $337.14
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $615.00 $75.90 – $374.18
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,172.40 $75.90 – $931.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $677.40 $75.90 – $321.79
UPMC Altoona Altoona $385.20 $69.00 – $513.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $956.40 $87.63 – $1,354.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $105.60 $22.18 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $956.40 $87.63 – $1,354.90

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