Graft wnd mtrx grfx core 1.5x2cm-q4132-cost per sq cm 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

$243.00

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.

$405.00

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.

$67.37 with UPMC Health Plan vs $717.66 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 Managed Medicaid $67.37 ↓ -72%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $72.90 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $93.15 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $105.03 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $131.24 ↓ -46%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $133.65 ↓ -45%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $133.65 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $137.01 ↓ -44%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $145.80 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $157.95 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $158.76 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $162.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $162.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $162.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $162.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $183.61 ↓ -24%
InterGroup PPO $202.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $202.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $283.50 ↑ +17%
Aetna Medicare $317.46 ↑ +31%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $324.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $344.25 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $344.25 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $352.30 ↑ +45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $357.23 ↑ +47%
Multiplan PPO $372.60 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $471.80 ↑ +94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $478.44 ↑ +97%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $717.66 ↑ +195%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Graft wnd mtrx grfx core 1.5x2cm-q4132-cost per sq cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $384.00 $67.37 – $106.70
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,681.60 $105.03 – $131.24
UPMC Jameson New Castle $558.00 $67.37 – $107.77
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $143.50 $126.52 – $294.79

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