Hla typing a b or c 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

$824.40

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.

$1,374.00

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.

$54.28 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,264.08 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 Managed Medicare $54.28 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $57.32 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $59.50 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $60.90 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $62.63 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $62.64 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $62.64 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $63.80 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $86.35 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $86.35 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $97.28 ↓ -88%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $102.05 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $113.13 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $116.42 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $122.20 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $124.22 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $133.78 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $179.83 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $240.85 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $334.21 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $361.27 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $379.49 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $494.64 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $508.22 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $535.86 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $538.61 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $549.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $549.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $549.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $549.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $687.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $961.80 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,099.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,167.90 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,167.90 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,264.08 ↑ +53%

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Hla typing a b or c at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $424.20 $48.35 – $112.07
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $874.80 $53.90 – $113.13
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,663.20 $57.32 – $122.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $562.20 $50.08 – $122.55
UPMC Altoona Altoona $799.20 $57.32 – $1,065.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $379.20 $20.93 – $568.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $322.80 $38.23 – $457.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $322.80 $57.42 – $457.30

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