Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$156.00
Cash price 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.
$260.00
Gross charge 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.
$7.23 with UPMC Health Plan vs $239.20 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $7.23 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $7.64 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $7.93 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $8.12 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $8.35 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $8.35 | ↓ -95% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $8.35 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $8.50 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $11.76 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $11.76 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $13.90 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $15.49 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $15.85 | ↓ -90% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $16.64 | ↓ -89% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $16.92 | ↓ -89% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $18.22 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $21.24 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $33.77 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $45.22 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $53.20 | ↓ -66% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $67.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $71.25 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $93.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $95.42 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $101.40 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $101.92 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $104.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $104.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $104.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $104.00 | ↓ -33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $130.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $182.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $208.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $221.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $221.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $239.20 | ↑ +53% |
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Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $325.80 | $6.44 – $21.04 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $115.80 | $7.18 – $21.24 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $168.60 | $7.64 – $21.24 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $192.60 | $6.67 – $21.24 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $356.40 | $7.64 – $475.20 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $58.20 | $2.79 – $87.30 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $40.20 | $7.65 – $56.95 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $77.40 | $5.02 – $103.20 |