Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs > 4.0 cm 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

$5,442.60

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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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$9,071.00

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.

$129.25 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $8,345.32 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 $129.25 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $129.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $152.75 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $174.25 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $182.91 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $185.93 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $200.24 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $562.76 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $736.75 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,433.96 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,445.68 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,584.55 ↓ -71%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,621.93 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare $1,699.17 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,131.49 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,316.05 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,471.31 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,854.47 ↓ -48%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,265.56 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,309.63 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $3,537.69 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3,555.83 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,628.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,628.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3,628.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3,628.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,281.72 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $4,535.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $6,349.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $7,256.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $7,710.35 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $7,710.35 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $8,345.32 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs > 4.0 cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,265.20 $129.25 – $1,699.17
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,556.80 $129.25 – $1,699.17
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $129.25 – $1,699.17
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,925.00 $149.22 – $4,143.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $249.00 $51.00 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,925.00 $149.22 – $4,143.75
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,925.00 $149.22 – $2,476.51
UPMC Kane Kane $1,398.60 $129.25 – $1,335.11

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