Exc mal+marg tal 2.1-3 cm 11603 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

$2,584.20

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.

$4,307.00

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.

$94.05 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $3,962.44 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $94.05 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $94.05 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $111.15 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $126.80 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $133.10 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $135.30 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $145.71 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $492.63 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $627.79 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $688.10 ↓ -73%
Aetna of PA Medicare $704.33 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $724.39 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $724.45 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare $724.45 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $737.87 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,061.52 ↓ -59%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,550.52 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,591.86 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $1,679.73 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,688.34 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,714.50 ↓ -34%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,722.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,722.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,722.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,722.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,845.64 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,131.80 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $2,153.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,471.73 ↓ -4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,014.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,197.71 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3,445.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,660.95 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $3,660.95 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $3,962.44 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Exc mal+marg tal 2.1-3 cm 11603 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,584.20 $94.05 – $737.87
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,057.80 $94.05 – $931.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,574.60 $94.05 – $550.23
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,034.60 $108.58 – $2,882.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $969.60 $45.18 – $2,094.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $508.20 $719.95 – $719.95
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,034.60 $108.58 – $1,075.42
UPMC Kane Kane $972.00 $94.05 – $1,168.38

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