Ghs nerve block axillary nerve 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

$3,420.00

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.

$5,700.00

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.

$23.10 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,244.00 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $27.30 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.14 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $32.69 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $33.23 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $35.79 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $187.66 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $794.37 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $870.68 ↓ -75%
Aetna of PA Medicare $891.22 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $916.60 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $916.68 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare $916.68 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $933.66 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,060.58 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,591.86 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,712.98 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,845.64 ↓ -46%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,052.00 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,131.80 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $2,223.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,234.40 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,280.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,280.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,280.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,280.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,471.73 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $2,850.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,197.71 ↓ -6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,990.00 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,560.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $4,845.00 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,845.00 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $5,244.00 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,541.40 $23.10 – $933.66
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,549.80 $23.10 – $933.66
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,063.60 $23.10 – $933.66
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UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,285.40 $21.00 – $3,047.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $102.60 $22.05 – $771.51
UPMC East Monroeville $2,281.20 $23.10 – $3,041.60
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