Evaluation of speech fluency 92521 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

$348.60

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.

$581.00

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.

$82.21 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $534.52 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 $82.21 ↓ -76%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $104.58 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $130.64 ↓ -63%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $155.06 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $203.35 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $205.14 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $209.16 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $226.59 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $227.75 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $232.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $232.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $232.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $232.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $252.74 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $274.73 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $275.76 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $290.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $290.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $319.55 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $319.55 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $369.30 ↑ +6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $406.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $412.10 ↑ +18%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $464.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $493.85 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $493.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $534.52 ↑ +53%

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Evaluation of speech fluency 92521 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $228.60 $81.43 – $168.16
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $405.00 $82.21 – $180.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $393.00 $82.21 – $195.53
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $239.40 $82.21 – $155.06
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $508.20 $115.69 – $719.95
UPMC Cole Coudersport $354.60 $126.83 – $472.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $508.20 $115.69 – $719.95
UPMC East Monroeville $361.20 $82.21 – $481.60

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