Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls 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

$586.80

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.

$978.00

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.

$139.61 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,126.94 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 Medicare $139.61 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $153.02 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $156.63 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $161.09 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $161.10 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare $161.10 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $164.09 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $183.82 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $220.00 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $220.00 ↓ -63%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $260.00 ↓ -56%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $296.60 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $311.34 ↓ -47%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $316.48 ↓ -46%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $340.84 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $352.08 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $381.42 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $383.38 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $391.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $391.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $391.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $391.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $489.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $561.00 ↓ -4%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $586.32 ↓ -0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $616.60 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $684.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $751.29 ↑ +28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $782.40 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $825.76 ↑ +41%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $831.30 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $831.30 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $899.76 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $905.77 ↑ +54%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,126.94 ↑ +92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $586.80 $124.35 – $230.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $623.40 $138.62 – $230.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $783.60 $161.10 – $311.34
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $586.80 $128.79 – $312.22
UPMC Altoona Altoona $555.00 $152.12 – $740.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $284.40 $64.94 – $402.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,123.20 $210.00 – $1,497.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $284.40 $94.80 – $586.32

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