Harvest auto stem cells 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

$987.60

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.

$1,646.00

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.

$81.41 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,234.50 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $81.41 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $81.41 ↓ -92%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $96.21 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $109.76 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $115.21 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $117.11 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $126.13 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $149.10 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $154.32 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $446.47 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $517.65 ↓ -48%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $592.56 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $597.91 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $641.94 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $645.23 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $658.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $658.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $658.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $658.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $693.25 ↓ -30%
InterGroup PPO $823.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $896.87 ↓ -9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,152.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,316.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,399.10 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,399.10 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,462.68 ↑ +48%
Multiplan PPO $1,514.32 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,603.18 ↑ +62%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,641.00 ↑ +66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,687.73 ↑ +71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,687.89 ↑ +71%
Aetna Medicare $1,719.15 ↑ +74%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,621.76 ↑ +165%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4,234.50 ↑ +329%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Harvest auto stem cells at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,788.00 $81.41 – $1,719.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,742.00 $81.41 – $1,719.15
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,548.00 $81.41 – $1,719.15
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $1,882.50 not published

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