Interrog device eval heart 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

$232.80

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$388.00

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.

$33.27 with UPMC Health Plan vs $356.96 with Multiplan — 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

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 $33.27 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $36.47 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $37.33 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $38.39 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $38.39 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $38.39 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $39.10 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $39.76 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $45.83 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $45.83 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $54.16 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $61.78 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $64.85 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $65.92 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $71.00 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $99.87 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $121.35 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $133.38 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $139.68 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $151.32 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $152.10 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $155.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $155.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $155.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $155.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $160.78 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $162.51 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $178.62 ↓ -23%
InterGroup PPO $194.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $243.77 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $248.37 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $271.60 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $310.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $329.80 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $329.80 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $356.96 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Interrog device eval heart at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $220.20 $29.63 – $111.89
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $235.80 $33.04 – $116.13
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $595.80 $14.66 – $130.11
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $205.80 $30.69 – $99.87
UPMC Cole Coudersport $87.60 $40.47 – $116.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $247.20 $39.39 – $99.87
UPMC Jameson New Castle $243.00 $14.05 – $99.87
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $234.00 $15.64 – $110.32

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