Hemoglobin urine 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

$37.20

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.

$62.00

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.

$3.42 with UPMC Health Plan vs $57.04 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 Commercial $3.42 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3.70 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3.90 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $4.05 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $4.15 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $4.27 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $4.27 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $4.27 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $4.34 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $7.69 ↓ -79%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $11.16 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $11.76 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $12.23 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $16.38 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $22.32 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $24.18 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $24.30 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $24.57 ↓ -34%
Cigna New Business ASO $24.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $24.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $24.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $24.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $25.81 ↓ -31%
InterGroup PPO $31.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $34.10 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.10 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $34.56 ↓ -7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $43.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $49.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $52.70 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $52.70 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $57.04 ↑ +53%

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Hemoglobin urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $108.60 $3.26 – $7.69
UPMC East Monroeville $115.20 $3.24 – $153.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $156.60 $3.90 – $7.62
UPMC Muncy Muncy $52.20 $3.08 – $4.18
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $63.20 $3.08 – $3.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $52.20 $3.08 – $4.31

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