Herpes simplex 2 ag if 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

$119.40

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.

$199.00

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.

$9.63 with UPMC Health Plan vs $183.08 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 $9.63 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $11.21 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.84 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $12.29 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.58 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.94 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.94 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.94 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $13.18 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $13.40 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.40 ↓ -89%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $15.83 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $18.06 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.96 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $19.27 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $20.76 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $29.52 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $33.10 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $46.92 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $62.84 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $71.64 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $77.61 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $78.01 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $79.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $79.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $79.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $79.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $94.26 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $99.01 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $99.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $132.60 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $139.30 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $159.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $169.15 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $169.15 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $183.08 ↑ +53%

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Herpes simplex 2 ag if at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $126.00 $9.13 – $29.24
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $142.20 $9.69 – $29.52
UPMC Hamot Erie $168.60 $11.84 – $29.24
UPMC Northwest Seneca $183.60 $9.19 – $14.01
UPMC Muncy Muncy $143.40 $11.84 – $20.76
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $173.60 $11.84 – $20.76
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $143.40 $11.84 – $15.59
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $59.00 $11.32 – $24.88

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