Ghs abscess perianal iandd 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

$3,211.20

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.

$5,352.00

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.

$83.23 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,923.84 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 Medicaid $83.23 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $83.23 ↓ -97%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $98.36 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $112.20 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $117.78 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $119.72 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $128.94 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $246.17 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $813.49 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $891.64 ↓ -72%
Aetna of PA Medicare $912.67 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $938.66 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare $938.75 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $938.75 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $956.13 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,071.88 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,591.86 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,731.24 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,845.64 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,926.72 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $2,087.28 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,097.98 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,131.80 ↓ -34%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,140.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,140.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,140.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,140.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,471.73 ↓ -23%
InterGroup PPO $2,676.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,197.71 ↓ -0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,746.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,281.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,549.20 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $4,549.20 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $4,923.84 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ghs abscess perianal iandd at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,468.80 $83.23 – $956.13
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,635.60 $83.23 – $956.13
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,560.40 $83.23 – $956.13
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,005.80 $83.23 – $956.13
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,046.00 $75.66 – $2,728.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $3,913.20 $79.44 – $5,869.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,158.00 $96.09 – $1,640.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,266.00 $24.12 – $771.51

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