Dilation of rectal stricture 45910 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

$2,491.80

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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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$4,153.00

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.

$48.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,820.76 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 $48.40 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $48.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $57.20 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $65.25 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $68.49 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $69.63 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $74.98 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $276.45 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,052.05 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,061.62 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,153.11 ↓ -54%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,180.32 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,213.93 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -51%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare $1,236.52 ↓ -50%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,495.08 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,591.86 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR FI $1,619.67 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,627.98 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,661.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,661.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,661.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,661.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,714.66 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,845.64 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $2,076.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,131.80 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,471.73 ↓ -1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,907.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,197.71 ↑ +28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3,322.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,530.05 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $3,530.05 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $3,820.76 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Dilation of rectal stricture 45910 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,641.20 $48.40 – $1,236.52
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $8,947.80 $48.40 – $1,236.52
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,435.60 $44.00 – $4,580.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,933.60 $48.40 – $993.28
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata not published $1,150.15 – $5,627.00

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