Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$4,558.80
Cash price 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.
$7,598.00
Gross charge 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.
$136.19 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,990.16 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $136.19 | ↓ -97% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $148.66 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $148.66 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $175.69 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $200.43 | ↓ -96% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $210.39 | ↓ -95% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $213.86 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $219.97 | ↓ -95% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $230.32 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $492.70 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $792.58 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $1,538.69 | ↓ -66% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $1,686.50 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $1,726.28 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,775.44 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $1,775.61 | ↓ -61% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $1,775.61 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,808.49 | ↓ -60% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,293.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,658.57 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $2,735.28 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $2,963.22 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $2,978.42 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3,039.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $3,039.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $3,039.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $3,039.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,070.76 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $3,560.41 | ↓ -22% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $3,799.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $4,606.16 | ↑ +1% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $5,318.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $6,078.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $6,458.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial | $6,458.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $6,990.16 | ↑ +53% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $1,967.40 | $138.20 – $1,808.49 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $4,055.40 | $99.43 – $1,808.49 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $6,400.80 | $83.69 – $1,808.49 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3,608.40 | $98.72 – $1,808.49 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,773.00 | $135.15 – $2,364.00 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $4,629.60 | $121.32 – $6,944.40 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $2,168.40 | $171.64 – $3,071.90 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $2,168.40 | $182.45 – $3,071.90 |