Dmd dup/delet analysis 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

$3,223.20

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.

$5,372.00

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.

$169.79 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,173.96 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $169.79 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $261.12 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $269.88 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $286.20 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $292.95 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $301.29 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare $301.32 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $301.32 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $306.90 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $361.45 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $542.17 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $569.52 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $577.50 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $577.50 ↓ -82%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $682.50 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $762.71 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $778.58 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $817.27 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $830.76 ↓ -74%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $850.68 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $894.71 ↓ -72%
Aetna EBR FI $921.57 ↓ -71%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $926.30 ↓ -71%
Cigna New Business ASO $945.20 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $945.20 ↓ -71%
Aetna EBR ASO $945.20 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $945.20 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,157.44 ↓ -64%
InterGroup PPO $1,181.50 ↓ -63%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,654.10 ↓ -49%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,890.40 ↓ -41%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,008.55 ↓ -38%
Humana Commercial $2,008.55 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,116.18 ↓ -34%
Multiplan PPO $2,173.96 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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