Ghs inj tendon origin/insertion 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

$478.80

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.

$798.00

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.

$42.64 with UPMC Health Plan vs $794.58 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $42.64 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $42.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $50.39 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $57.48 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $60.34 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $61.33 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.05 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $102.21 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $116.19 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $263.39 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $287.28 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $288.69 ↓ -40%
Aetna of PA Medicare $295.50 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $295.71 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $303.92 ↓ -37%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $303.94 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Medicare $303.94 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare $309.57 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR FI $311.22 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $312.82 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $319.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $319.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $319.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $319.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $342.86 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $396.01 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $399.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $459.16 ↓ -4%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $491.96 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $558.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $594.02 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $638.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $678.30 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $678.30 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $734.16 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $794.58 ↑ +66%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs inj tendon origin/insertion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $441.60 $42.64 – $309.57
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $481.80 $42.64 – $309.57
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $682.20 $42.64 – $309.57
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $467.40 $42.64 – $309.57
UPMC Altoona Altoona $158.40 $38.76 – $211.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $360.60 $40.70 – $540.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $64.20 $14.14 – $116.19
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $360.60 $42.64 – $303.94

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