Ghs chemo IV push, ea addtl 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

$379.20

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.

$632.00

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.

$58.18 with UPMC Health Plan vs $826.39 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 $58.18 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $58.18 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $63.50 ↓ -83%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $68.76 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $69.60 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $71.24 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $73.27 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare $73.28 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $73.28 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $74.64 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $78.44 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $82.33 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $83.69 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $90.14 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $108.14 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $120.94 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $215.32 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $227.52 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $246.48 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $247.74 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $252.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $252.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $252.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $252.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $316.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $332.63 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $405.67 ↑ +7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $411.36 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $442.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $505.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $537.20 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $537.20 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $543.29 ↑ +43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $550.93 ↑ +45%
Multiplan PPO $581.44 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $826.39 ↑ +118%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ghs chemo IV push, ea addtl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $361.80 $56.56 – $131.24
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $298.20 $58.18 – $125.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $554.40 $58.18 – $152.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $478.20 $58.18 – $120.94
UPMC Altoona Altoona $369.60 $52.89 – $492.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $526.20 $67.17 – $745.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $246.00 $55.53 – $328.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $526.20 $67.17 – $745.45

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