Drng hand tendon sheath 26020 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

$3,572.40

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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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$5,954.00

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.

$139.15 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,477.68 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 $139.15 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $139.15 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $164.45 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $187.60 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $196.92 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $200.17 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $215.58 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $736.75 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $796.39 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,423.39 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,131.49 ↓ -40%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,143.44 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,298.97 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR FI $2,322.06 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,333.97 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,381.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,381.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,381.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,381.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,471.31 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,854.47 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,895.07 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $2,977.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,173.16 ↓ -11%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,248.02 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,309.63 ↓ -7%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,340.51 ↓ -6%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,340.82 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,340.82 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare $3,402.68 ↓ -5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,167.80 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,281.72 ↑ +20%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,763.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $5,060.90 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,060.90 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $5,477.68 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Drng hand tendon sheath 26020 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,572.40 $139.15 – $3,402.68
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,130.20 $139.15 – $3,402.68
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,170.00 $139.15 – $3,402.68
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,150.20 $160.66 – $5,879.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $790.80 $132.82 – $1,054.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,150.20 $160.66 – $5,879.45
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,104.60 $139.15 – $4,499.05
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,150.20 $160.66 – $4,959.33

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