Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt 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

$397.80

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.

$663.00

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.

$1.98 with Aetna vs $1,110.27 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1.98 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2.53 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3.63 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $4.29 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4.31 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $4.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR ASO $4.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4.40 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $4.40 ↓ -99%
InterGroup PPO $5.50 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.50 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $6.05 ↓ -98%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $7.70 ↓ -98%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $8.80 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial $9.35 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $9.35 ↓ -98%
Multiplan PPO $10.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $79.32 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $162.49 ↓ -59%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $229.76 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $545.03 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $552.67 ↑ +39%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $599.54 ↑ +51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $729.92 ↑ +83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $740.18 ↑ +86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $926.19 ↑ +133%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,110.27 ↑ +179%

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Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $378.00 $160.95 – $473.42
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $376.80 $162.49 – $870.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $631.80 $114.00 – $969.34
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $369.60 $162.49 – $735.67
UPMC Altoona Altoona $21.00 $6.65 – $599.54
UPMC Cole Coudersport $187.80 $59.47 – $250.40
UPMC East Monroeville $366.60 $52.25 – $599.54
UPMC Hamot Erie $349.20 $160.95 – $229.76

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