Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval 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

$1,543.20

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.

$2,572.00

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.

$310.52 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $20,000.27 with Aetna — 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 $310.52 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $462.96 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $610.14 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $898.37 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $900.20 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $925.92 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $1,003.08 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,008.22 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,028.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,028.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,028.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,028.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,041.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,118.82 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,203.09 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $1,286.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,394.93 ↓ -10%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,414.60 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,414.60 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,800.40 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,804.64 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,057.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,186.20 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,186.20 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $2,366.24 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17,016.59 ↑ +1003%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $18,651.16 ↑ +1109%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19,091.16 ↑ +1137%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19,634.81 ↑ +1172%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19,636.62 ↑ +1172%
United Healthcare Medicare $19,636.62 ↑ +1172%
Aetna Medicare $20,000.27 ↑ +1196%

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Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $16,670.40 $307.59 – $20,000.27
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $17,670.00 $310.52 – $20,000.27
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $19,179.60 $310.52 – $20,000.27
UPMC Altoona Altoona $15,600.00 $307.59 – $20,800.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $24,161.40 $638.52 – $34,228.65
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $24,161.40 $638.52 – $34,228.65
UPMC Hamot Erie $17,683.80 $307.59 – $26,444.52
UPMC Hanover Hanover $24,161.40 $638.52 – $29,149.89

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