Drainage of arm bursa 23931 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

$4,155.60

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.

$6,926.00

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.

$43.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,371.92 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 $43.45 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $43.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $51.35 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $58.58 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $61.49 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $62.50 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $67.32 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $243.40 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $736.75 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,434.73 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,445.68 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,584.55 ↓ -62%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,621.93 ↓ -61%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $1,699.17 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,131.49 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,317.28 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,471.31 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,493.36 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $2,701.14 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,714.99 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,770.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,770.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,770.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,770.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,854.47 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,309.63 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $3,463.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,281.72 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,848.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,540.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,887.10 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $5,887.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $6,371.92 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Drainage of arm bursa 23931 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,331.80 $43.45 – $1,699.17
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,706.20 $43.45 – $1,699.17
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,034.60 $43.45 – $1,699.17
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $454.20 $43.45 – $1,699.17
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,080.80 $50.16 – $2,947.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,080.80 $50.16 – $2,947.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,234.20 $43.45 – $2,246.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,183.40 $43.45 – $1,621.93

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