Egd balloon dil esoph30 mm/> 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

$201.60

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.

$336.00

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.

$60.48 with Aetna vs $1,989.40 with Aetna — 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $60.48 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $117.60 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $120.96 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $131.04 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $131.71 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $134.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $134.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $134.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $134.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $146.16 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $168.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $176.17 ↓ -13%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $184.80 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $184.80 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $235.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $268.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $285.60 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $285.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $309.12 ↑ +53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $332.32 ↑ +65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $509.67 ↑ +153%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $590.92 ↑ +193%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $682.54 ↑ +239%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $791.37 ↑ +293%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,023.81 ↑ +408%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,692.62 ↑ +740%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,855.21 ↑ +820%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,898.98 ↑ +842%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,953.05 ↑ +869%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,953.23 ↑ +869%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,953.23 ↑ +869%
Aetna Medicare $1,989.40 ↑ +887%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Egd balloon dil esoph30 mm/> at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $759.00 $174.50 – $1,989.40
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,442.20 $176.17 – $1,989.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,215.60 $176.17 – $1,989.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,213.20 $176.17 – $1,989.40
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,695.20 $174.50 – $3,593.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,163.40 $332.32 – $1,953.23
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,618.20 $174.50 – $2,630.42
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $866.40 $332.32 – $1,953.23

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