Ghs community re-entry 15 minutes 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

$176.40

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.

$294.00

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.

$24.28 with Aetna vs $270.48 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
Aetna Medicare $24.28 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $25.73 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $44.79 ↓ -75%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $52.92 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $64.20 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $85.98 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $86.30 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $86.35 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $105.84 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $114.66 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $115.25 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $115.57 ↓ -34%
Cigna New Business ASO $117.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $117.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $117.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $117.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $128.96 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $133.40 ↓ -24%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $147.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $147.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $161.70 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $161.70 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $205.80 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $235.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $249.90 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $249.90 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $270.48 ↑ +53%

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Ghs community re-entry 15 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $75.60 $25.48 – $68.19
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $121.20 $25.73 – $125.31
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $183.60 $25.73 – $139.62
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $75.60 $25.73 – $105.96
UPMC Altoona Altoona $115.80 $25.48 – $154.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $71.40 $32.99 – $95.20
UPMC East Monroeville $83.40 $25.73 – $111.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $141.60 $25.48 – $100.11

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