Ercp ea duct/ampulla dilate 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

$4,176.60

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.

$6,961.00

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.

$301.80 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $6,404.12 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 $301.80 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $569.35 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $873.13 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,012.33 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,169.28 ↓ -72%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,252.98 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,355.73 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,753.93 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,436.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,505.96 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $2,714.79 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,728.71 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,784.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,784.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,784.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,784.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,028.03 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,394.66 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $3,480.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,720.74 ↓ -11%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,808.52 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $3,828.55 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3,828.55 ↓ -8%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,916.97 ↓ -6%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,917.33 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,917.33 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare $3,989.88 ↓ -4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,872.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,568.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,916.85 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $5,916.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $6,404.12 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ercp ea duct/ampulla dilate at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,282.20 $298.95 – $3,989.88
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,500.80 $301.80 – $3,989.88
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,330.80 $301.80 – $3,989.88
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,576.00 $301.80 – $3,989.88
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,517.80 $298.95 – $4,690.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $724.80 $334.86 – $1,041.88
UPMC East Monroeville $3,055.20 $301.80 – $4,073.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,961.40 $298.95 – $5,275.45

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