Ercp bil/panc duct; each stent plcmt 43274 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

$3,596.40

Cash price

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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.

$5,994.00

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.

$156.59 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,242.82 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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $156.59 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $172.48 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $363.89 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $686.48 ↓ -81%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,078.92 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,110.54 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,220.61 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,487.25 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,634.67 ↓ -55%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,157.84 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,230.88 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $2,337.66 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,349.65 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,397.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,397.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,397.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,397.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $2,997.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $3,296.70 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3,296.70 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,195.80 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,795.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $5,094.90 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,094.90 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $5,311.50 ↑ +48%
Multiplan PPO $5,514.48 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $5,821.71 ↑ +62%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5,959.05 ↑ +66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6,128.75 ↑ +70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $6,129.31 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Medicare $6,129.31 ↑ +70%
Aetna Medicare $6,242.82 ↑ +74%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ercp bil/panc duct; each stent plcmt 43274 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,282.20 $95.34 – $6,242.82
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,919.00 $96.12 – $6,242.82
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,390.40 $97.74 – $6,242.82
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,000.80 $99.65 – $6,242.82
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,517.80 $172.48 – $6,129.31
UPMC Cole Coudersport $858.60 $172.48 – $1,144.80
UPMC East Monroeville $3,055.20 $98.53 – $6,129.31
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,961.40 $214.14 – $8,254.31

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