Esoph egd dilation <30 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

$4,427.40

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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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$7,379.00

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.

$666.36 with UPMC Work Partners vs $6,788.68 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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 Work Partners Workers Comp $666.36 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $736.75 ↓ -83%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,328.22 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,422.56 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,692.62 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,855.21 ↓ -58%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,898.98 ↓ -57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,953.05 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,953.23 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,953.23 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $1,989.40 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,131.49 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,297.62 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,471.31 ↓ -44%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,656.44 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,854.47 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR FI $2,877.81 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,892.57 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,951.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,951.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,951.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,951.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,309.63 ↓ -25%
InterGroup PPO $3,689.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4,058.45 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $4,058.45 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,281.72 ↓ -3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,165.30 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,903.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,272.15 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,272.15 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $6,788.68 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Esoph egd dilation <30 mm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,978.40 $596.00 – $1,989.40
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,370.60 $666.36 – $1,989.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,681.20 $658.89 – $1,989.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,501.40 $666.36 – $1,989.40
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,695.20 $621.62 – $3,593.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,419.60 $621.62 – $6,629.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $487.80 $225.36 – $1,041.88
UPMC East Monroeville $3,055.20 $666.36 – $4,073.60

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