Ghs vaginal delivery only 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

$4,455.60

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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.

$7,426.00

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.

$725.71 with Aetna vs $8,636.94 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
Aetna Medicare $725.71 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,009.55 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,111.99 ↓ -75%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,336.68 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,486.15 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,456.98 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,673.36 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,836.99 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR FI $2,896.14 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,910.99 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,970.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,970.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,970.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,970.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,109.51 ↓ -30%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,182.86 ↓ -29%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,273.50 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,273.80 ↓ -27%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,273.80 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $3,713.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4,084.30 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $4,084.30 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4,299.58 ↓ -4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,985.04 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,198.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $5,757.93 ↑ +29%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,940.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,312.10 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,312.10 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6,676.07 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO $6,831.92 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $8,636.94 ↑ +94%

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Ghs vaginal delivery only at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $7,320.60 $619.68 – $3,334.43
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $11,280.60 $630.14 – $3,334.43
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $6,562.20 $642.43 – $3,334.43
UPMC Altoona Altoona $8,247.60 $1,111.99 – $10,996.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $10,399.20 $822.32 – $15,598.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,464.60 $471.00 – $6,324.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $3,411.00 $685.79 – $1,979.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,464.60 $1,111.99 – $6,324.85

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