Implant ureth bulk agent 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

$2,408.40

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.

$4,014.00

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.

$141.13 with Aetna vs $2,647.32 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
Aetna Medicare $141.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $240.84 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $307.74 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $312.91 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $441.54 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $441.54 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $452.65 ↓ -81%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $481.68 ↓ -80%
Aetna EBR FI $521.82 ↓ -78%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $524.50 ↓ -78%
Cigna New Business ASO $535.20 ↓ -78%
Aetna EBR ASO $535.20 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $535.20 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial $535.20 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $669.00 ↓ -72%
InterGroup PPO $669.00 ↓ -72%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $936.60 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,049.59 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,064.30 ↓ -56%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,070.40 ↓ -56%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,137.30 ↓ -53%
Humana Commercial $1,137.30 ↓ -53%
Multiplan PPO $1,230.96 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,405.64 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,425.40 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,713.66 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,138.10 ↓ -11%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,647.32 ↑ +10%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Implant ureth bulk agent at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,617.00 $309.95 – $1,353.18
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,887.20 $312.91 – $2,486.73
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,211.80 $312.91 – $2,770.68
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,188.20 $309.95 – $1,970.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $445.80 $141.17 – $594.40
UPMC East Monroeville $1,096.20 $312.91 – $1,713.66
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,308.20 $309.95 – $309.95
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,360.20 $804.45 – $2,073.68

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