Exc/pilonidal cyst/sinus/simple 11770 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

$3,669.60

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.

$6,116.00

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.

$166.62 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,431.68 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $166.62 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $166.62 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $196.91 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $224.63 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $235.79 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $239.69 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $258.14 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $589.81 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $844.93 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,632.15 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,125.44 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $2,302.56 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,314.37 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,361.60 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,361.60 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,361.60 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $2,361.60 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,444.47 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,553.72 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,636.14 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $2,799.02 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,834.18 ↓ -23%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2,865.05 ↓ -22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,946.64 ↓ -20%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,946.91 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,946.91 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $2,952.00 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare $3,001.48 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,273.60 ↓ -11%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,795.60 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,132.80 ↑ +13%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,723.20 ↑ +29%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,910.42 ↑ +34%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,018.40 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $5,018.40 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO $5,431.68 ↑ +48%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Exc/pilonidal cyst/sinus/simple 11770 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,251.00 $166.62 – $3,001.48
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,440.60 $166.62 – $3,001.48
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,284.00 $166.62 – $3,001.48
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $166.62 – $3,001.48
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,229.00 $192.37 – $7,407.75
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $480.60 $204.48 – $5,805.45
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,481.60 $166.62 – $2,865.05
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,229.00 $192.37 – $4,374.59

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