Eeg phy/qhp>36<60 hr without vid 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

$1,662.60

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.

$2,771.00

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.

$120.53 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,549.32 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 $120.53 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $184.10 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $184.10 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $216.18 ↓ -87%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $217.57 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $248.19 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $257.17 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $260.53 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $264.83 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $285.21 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $367.83 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $404.29 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $492.61 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $541.43 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $738.91 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $969.85 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $997.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $1,080.69 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,086.23 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,108.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,108.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,108.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,108.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,205.38 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,385.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $1,385.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,939.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,216.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,355.35 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,355.35 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $2,549.32 ↑ +53%

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Eeg phy/qhp>36<60 hr without vid at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,761.60 $120.53 – $299.03
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,762.20 $184.10 – $309.86

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