Interrog dev eval scrms ip 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

$174.00

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.

$290.00

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.

$21.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $409.46 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 Medicare $21.85 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $23.95 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $24.52 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $25.22 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $25.22 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $25.22 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $25.68 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $29.74 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $33.59 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $33.59 ↓ -81%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $39.70 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $45.29 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $47.54 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $48.33 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $52.05 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $62.33 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $90.77 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $99.77 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $104.40 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $113.10 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $113.68 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $116.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $116.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $116.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $116.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $121.56 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $133.61 ↓ -23%
InterGroup PPO $145.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $182.34 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $203.00 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $232.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $246.50 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $246.50 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $265.05 ↑ +52%
Multiplan PPO $266.80 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $409.46 ↑ +135%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $133.20 $19.46 – $70.73
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $163.80 $21.70 – $72.48
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UPMC Cole Coudersport $48.00 $22.18 – $64.00
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UPMC Hamot Erie $183.60 $26.95 – $62.33
UPMC Jameson New Castle $181.80 $13.78 – $62.33

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