Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12005 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

$3,973.20

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.

$6,622.00

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.

$101.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,092.24 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 $101.20 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $101.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $119.60 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $136.44 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $143.22 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $145.58 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $156.79 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $356.48 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $390.73 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $399.94 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $411.33 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $411.37 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $411.37 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $418.99 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $424.29 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $736.75 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,422.21 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,131.49 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,297.06 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,383.92 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,471.31 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $2,582.58 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,595.82 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,648.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,648.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,648.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,648.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,854.47 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,309.63 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $3,311.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,281.72 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,635.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,297.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,628.70 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $5,628.70 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $6,092.24 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12005 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,829.40 $101.20 – $729.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,199.00 $101.20 – $736.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,765.20 $101.20 – $931.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,332.80 $101.20 – $736.75
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,305.00 $92.00 – $1,740.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,626.60 $96.60 – $2,439.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $819.60 $116.84 – $1,161.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,693.20 $96.60 – $1,041.88

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