Injection, burosumab-twza 1m 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

$102.00

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.

$170.00

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.

$39.02 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,632.91 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $39.02 ↓ -62%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $61.20 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $66.30 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $66.64 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $68.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $68.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $68.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $68.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $85.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $119.00 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $136.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $144.50 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $144.50 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $156.40 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $238.97 ↑ +134%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $305.68 ↑ +200%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $453.11 ↑ +344%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $484.14 ↑ +375%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $484.14 ↑ +375%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $484.14 ↑ +375%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $484.14 ↑ +375%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $496.63 ↑ +387%
Aetna of PA Medicare $508.35 ↑ +398%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $513.19 ↑ +403%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $514.63 ↑ +405%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $522.82 ↑ +413%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $522.87 ↑ +413%
United Healthcare Medicare $522.87 ↑ +413%
Aetna Medicare $532.55 ↑ +422%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $595.49 ↑ +484%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $801.59 ↑ +686%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $812.82 ↑ +697%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,073.51 ↑ +952%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,088.60 ↑ +967%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,632.91 ↑ +1501%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Injection, burosumab-twza 1m at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,120.20 $238.97 – $532.55
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD not published $311.14 – $1,011.29
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY not published $386.17 – $1,011.29

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