Dup scan/hemodialysis access 93990 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

$544.20

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.

$907.00

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.

$89.88 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $834.44 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 $89.88 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $94.88 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $101.74 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $101.74 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $104.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna of PA Medicare $106.45 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $109.49 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $109.49 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $111.52 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $120.24 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $137.16 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $143.98 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $146.36 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $157.62 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $274.31 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $283.47 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $301.50 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $326.52 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $353.73 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $355.54 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $362.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $362.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $362.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $362.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $367.36 ↓ -32%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $383.47 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $403.78 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $437.92 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $453.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $551.05 ↑ +1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $634.90 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $725.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $770.95 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $770.95 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $834.44 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Dup scan/hemodialysis access 93990 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $841.80 $84.51 – $391.61
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $684.60 $89.88 – $455.36
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $336.60 $87.53 – $383.47
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,017.60 $80.51 – $1,356.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $375.60 $85.76 – $532.10
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $375.60 $103.55 – $532.10
UPMC Hamot Erie $241.20 $89.04 – $383.47
UPMC Northwest Seneca $498.00 $91.94 – $349.68

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