Ecmo/ecls initiation artery 33947 at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$985.20
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.
$1,642.00
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.
$238.32 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,510.64 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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $238.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $295.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $401.26 | ↓ -59% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $483.60 | ↓ -51% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $574.70 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $591.12 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $640.38 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $643.66 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $656.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $656.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $656.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $656.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $689.47 | ↓ -30% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $714.27 | ↓ -28% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $799.39 | ↓ -19% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $821.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $821.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $903.10 | ↓ -8% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $903.10 | ↓ -8% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $923.33 | ↓ -6% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,070.56 | ↑ +9% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,149.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $1,313.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $1,385.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,395.70 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,395.70 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $1,510.64 | ↑ +53% |
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Ecmo/ecls initiation artery 33947 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $1,077.60 | $236.07 – $524.06 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,219.20 | $238.32 – $562.32 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,809.00 | $238.32 – $609.37 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $1,218.60 | $238.32 – $483.60 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,522.20 | $236.07 – $2,029.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $1,627.80 | $483.60 – $2,441.70 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $1,218.60 | $238.32 – $1,624.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1,314.60 | $236.07 – $835.54 |