Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) 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

$733.80

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.

$1,223.00

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.

$206.41 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,199.61 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $206.41 ↓ -72%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $220.14 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $271.42 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $297.49 ↓ -59%
Aetna of PA Medicare $304.51 ↓ -59%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $313.18 ↓ -57%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $313.21 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare $313.21 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare $319.01 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $394.91 ↓ -46%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $440.28 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $476.97 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $479.42 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $489.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $489.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $489.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $489.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $597.18 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $611.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $637.84 ↓ -13%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $672.65 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $672.65 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $692.38 ↓ -6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $799.73 ↑ +9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $856.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $927.26 ↑ +26%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $978.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,039.55 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,039.55 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,125.16 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,199.61 ↑ +63%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,562.00 $204.47 – $3,416.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,416.00 $104.64 – $2,124.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $678.00 $154.81 – $960.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $385.80 $25.50 – $514.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $678.00 $226.00 – $3,000.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $678.00 $233.31 – $464.94
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $890.40 $259.65 – $397.78
UPMC Lititz Lititz $678.00 $233.31 – $467.46

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