Inj, aducanumab-avwa, 2 mg 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

$25.80

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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.

$43.00

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.

$3.77 with UPMC Health Plan vs $39.56 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 Medicaid $3.77 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $5.46 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $5.60 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.98 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $5.98 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $5.98 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5.98 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $6.13 ↓ -76%
Aetna of PA Medicare $6.28 ↓ -76%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $6.34 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare $6.46 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $6.46 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6.46 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $6.58 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $6.94 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7.35 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.87 ↓ -62%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $15.48 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $16.77 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $16.86 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $17.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $17.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $17.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $17.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $18.32 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $18.57 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $21.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $24.53 ↓ -5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $24.87 ↓ -4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $30.10 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $34.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $36.55 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $36.55 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $37.31 ↑ +45%
Multiplan PPO $39.56 ↑ +53%

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Inj, aducanumab-avwa, 2 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $25.80 $3.77 – $6.58
UPMC Altoona Altoona $24.60 $3.77 – $32.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $25.80 $2.16 – $38.70
UPMC Hamot Erie $25.80 $3.77 – $6.46

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