Fructosamine glycated protein 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

$94.80

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.

$158.00

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.

$15.69 with UPMC Health Plan vs $145.36 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 Medicare $15.69 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.56 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $17.19 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.60 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $18.08 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.08 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.10 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.10 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.10 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $18.44 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $19.06 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $21.37 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.38 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.59 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.01 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $26.20 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $28.02 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $41.64 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $55.77 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $56.88 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $61.62 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $61.94 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $63.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $63.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $63.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $63.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $65.46 ↓ -31%
InterGroup PPO $79.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $83.65 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $87.87 ↓ -7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $110.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $117.68 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $126.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $134.30 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $134.30 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $145.36 ↑ +53%

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Fructosamine glycated protein at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $100.20 $13.97 – $25.95
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $106.80 $15.58 – $26.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $282.60 $16.44 – $26.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $197.40 $14.47 – $26.20
UPMC Altoona Altoona $123.00 $16.44 – $164.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $6.05 – $112.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $85.20 $13.99 – $120.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $93.00 $10.89 – $124.00

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