Fetal cord puncture prenatal 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

$3,562.80

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.

$5,938.00

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.

$55.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,048.63 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $55.00 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $55.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $65.00 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $74.15 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $77.83 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $79.12 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $85.21 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $271.42 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $297.49 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $304.51 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $313.18 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare $313.21 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $313.21 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $319.01 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $617.34 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,040.78 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,012.43 ↓ -44%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,137.68 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $2,315.82 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,327.70 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,375.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,375.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,375.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,375.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $2,969.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,011.09 ↓ -15%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,250.35 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,491.13 ↓ -2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,032.40 ↑ +13%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,156.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,675.39 ↑ +31%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,750.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $5,047.30 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,047.30 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $5,462.96 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $6,048.63 ↑ +70%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Fetal cord puncture prenatal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,034.40 $63.50 – $1,465.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,034.40 $65.50 – $3,250.35
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,034.40 $63.50 – $609.70
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,034.40 $63.50 – $602.43
UPMC Memorial York $1,034.40 $63.50 – $840.28
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,034.40 $55.00 – $575.66

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