Ghs elect torsion swing 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

$123.60

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.

$206.00

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.

$22.41 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $189.52 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $24.20 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $24.20 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $28.60 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.63 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $34.25 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $37.49 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $63.41 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $68.38 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $74.16 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $75.16 ↓ -39%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $77.17 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $80.34 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $80.75 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $82.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $82.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $82.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $82.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $91.57 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $100.65 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $103.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $119.21 ↓ -4%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $137.36 ↑ +11%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $139.61 ↑ +13%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $144.20 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $153.02 ↑ +24%
Aetna of PA Medicare $156.63 ↑ +27%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $161.09 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Medicare $161.10 ↑ +30%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $161.10 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medicare $164.09 ↑ +33%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $164.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $175.10 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $175.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $189.52 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ghs elect torsion swing at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $282.00 $22.19 – $164.09
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,413.60 $9.91 – $164.09
UPMC Cole Coudersport $114.60 $23.10 – $111.87

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