Eeg phys/qhp 2-12 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

$553.80

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.

$923.00

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.

$58.81 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $849.16 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.

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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 $58.81 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $90.39 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $90.39 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $106.22 ↓ -81%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $106.82 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $121.86 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $125.46 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $127.91 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $130.03 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $140.03 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $179.48 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $197.27 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $240.36 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $264.18 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $323.05 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $332.28 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $359.97 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $360.54 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $361.82 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $369.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $369.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $369.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $369.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $401.50 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $461.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $461.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $646.10 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $738.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $784.55 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $784.55 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $849.16 ↑ +53%

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Eeg phys/qhp 2-12 hr without vid at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $602.40 $58.81 – $145.88
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $345.00 $78.78 – $1,611.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $345.00 $104.36 – $488.75
UPMC Hanover Hanover $345.00 $104.36 – $1,611.00
UPMC Lititz Lititz $345.00 $96.56 – $1,611.00
UPMC Memorial York $345.00 $47.48 – $1,611.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $345.00 $57.67 – $125.46

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