Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis b 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

$481.20

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.

$802.00

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.

$40.09 with UPMC Health Plan vs $737.84 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 $40.09 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $42.34 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $43.62 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $43.62 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $43.95 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $44.98 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $46.26 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $46.27 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $46.27 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $47.12 ↓ -90%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $51.55 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $58.80 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $61.72 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $62.74 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $67.57 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $92.08 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $114.79 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $182.46 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $244.36 ↓ -49%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $288.72 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $312.78 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $314.38 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $316.34 ↓ -34%
Cigna New Business ASO $320.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $320.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $320.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $320.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $366.54 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $385.03 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $401.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $515.64 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $561.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $641.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $681.70 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $681.70 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $737.84 ↑ +53%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis b at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $443.40 $35.71 – $113.70
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $602.40 $39.81 – $114.79
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $492.00 $39.65 – $114.79
UPMC Altoona Altoona $361.20 $39.65 – $481.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $257.40 $15.46 – $386.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $238.80 $39.65 – $338.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $238.80 $39.65 – $316.34
UPMC East Monroeville $879.00 $39.65 – $1,172.00

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