Ghs subcutaneous infus. for therapy init 1 hr 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

$1,069.20

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.

$1,782.00

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.

$79.52 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,869.60 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 CHIP $79.52 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $93.80 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $93.80 ↓ -91%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $110.85 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $122.85 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $126.46 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $132.74 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $134.93 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $145.32 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $187.99 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $206.05 ↓ -81%
Aetna of PA Medicare $210.91 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $216.92 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $216.94 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $216.94 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $218.22 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $220.96 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $273.61 ↓ -74%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $641.52 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $694.98 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $698.54 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $712.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $712.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $712.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $712.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $891.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $917.79 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $930.65 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,229.12 ↑ +15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,246.40 ↑ +17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,247.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,425.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,514.70 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,514.70 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,639.44 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,869.60 ↑ +75%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ghs subcutaneous infus. for therapy init 1 hr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $522.00 $79.52 – $739.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $522.00 $79.52 – $739.50
UPMC Hanover Hanover $522.00 $79.52 – $322.03
UPMC Lititz Lititz $522.00 $79.52 – $323.78
UPMC Memorial York $522.00 $79.52 – $323.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $522.00 $47.63 – $218.22
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $558.40 $93.80 – $218.22

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