Diagnostic radio unlisted proc 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

$2,070.60

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.

$3,451.00

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.

$18.84 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,966.92 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 Commercial $18.84 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $64.74 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $78.57 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $86.12 ↓ -96%
Aetna of PA Medicare $88.15 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $90.66 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare $90.67 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $90.67 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $92.34 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $621.18 ↓ -70%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,242.36 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $1,345.89 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,352.79 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,380.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,380.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,380.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,380.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $1,725.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,725.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,898.05 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,898.05 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,415.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,559.95 ↑ +24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,559.95 ↑ +24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,644.50 ↑ +28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,644.50 ↑ +28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,760.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,933.35 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,933.35 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $3,174.92 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,966.92 ↑ +92%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Diagnostic radio unlisted proc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $686.40 $63.60 – $92.34
UPMC Altoona Altoona $255.00 $64.74 – $340.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $170.40 $38.91 – $241.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $170.40 $56.80 – $241.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $170.40 $64.74 – $134.58
UPMC Kane Kane $264.00 $47.67 – $47.67
UPMC Lititz Lititz $170.40 $64.74 – $135.31
UPMC Memorial York $170.40 $64.74 – $279.67

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