Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$3,306.60
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$5,511.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$903.55 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $5,251.11 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $903.55 | ↓ -73% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $969.15 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $991.98 | ↓ -70% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,565.31 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,983.96 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $2,149.29 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $2,160.31 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,204.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $2,204.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2,204.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $2,204.40 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $2,374.80 | ↓ -28% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,614.07 | ↓ -21% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $2,755.50 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $2,808.41 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $3,030.82 | ↓ -8% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $3,031.05 | ↓ -8% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $3,031.05 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $3,078.18 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $3,150.80 | ↓ -5% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3,240.52 | ↓ -2% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $3,240.82 | ↓ -2% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $3,240.82 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,300.84 | ↓ -0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,500.72 | ↑ +6% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,857.70 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $4,058.94 | ↑ +23% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $4,408.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $4,684.35 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $4,684.35 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $5,070.12 | ↑ +53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $5,251.11 | ↑ +59% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $5,847.60 | $681.00 – $3,300.84 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $4,450.80 | $707.52 – $3,300.84 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $4,011.60 | $595.52 – $3,300.84 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3,034.20 | $702.52 – $3,300.84 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $2,532.60 | $895.03 – $3,376.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $8,004.00 | $1,016.56 – $11,339.00 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $3,449.40 | $167.58 – $2,374.80 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $8,004.00 | $1,016.56 – $11,339.00 |