Ext ecg>7d<15d rec scan a/r 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

$459.60

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.

$766.00

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.

$78.46 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $704.72 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 $78.46 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $164.52 ↓ -64%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $168.70 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $218.86 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $218.86 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $239.44 ↓ -48%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $258.65 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $263.17 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $268.10 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $275.76 ↓ -40%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $295.06 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR FI $298.74 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $300.27 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $306.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $306.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $306.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $306.40 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $309.72 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $314.83 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $320.66 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $333.21 ↓ -28%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $339.07 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $352.44 ↓ -23%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $383.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $383.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $480.99 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $536.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $612.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $651.10 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $651.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $704.72 ↑ +53%

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Ext ecg>7d<15d rec scan a/r at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,464.60 $78.46 – $339.07
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,753.20 $78.46 – $339.07
UPMC Hamot Erie $426.60 $77.72 – $502.76
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,439.40 $79.09 – $339.07

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