Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$2,470.80
Cash price 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.
$4,118.00
Gross charge 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.
$267.53 with UPMC Health Plan vs $21,274.07 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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $267.53 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $267.53 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $316.17 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $360.68 | ↓ -85% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $378.61 | ↓ -85% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $384.86 | ↓ -84% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $414.48 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,441.30 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,482.48 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,606.02 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,614.26 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,647.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,647.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,647.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,647.20 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,791.33 | ↓ -28% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $2,059.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,882.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $3,294.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $3,470.14 | ↑ +40% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3,500.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $3,500.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $3,788.56 | ↑ +53% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $6,975.66 | ↑ +182% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $10,118.83 | ↑ +310% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $10,590.34 | ↑ +329% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $11,090.82 | ↑ +349% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $11,352.46 | ↑ +359% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $11,639.98 | ↑ +371% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $11,675.74 | ↑ +373% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $11,676.82 | ↑ +373% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $11,676.82 | ↑ +373% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $11,893.06 | ↑ +381% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $14,182.71 | ↑ +474% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $15,588.52 | ↑ +531% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $21,274.07 | ↑ +761% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $3,652.20 | $267.53 – $11,893.06 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $4,612.80 | $267.53 – $11,893.06 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $14,043.00 | $267.53 – $11,893.06 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3,121.20 | $267.53 – $11,893.06 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $2,508.60 | $243.21 – $6,975.66 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $25,053.60 | $308.88 – $35,492.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $25,053.60 | $308.88 – $35,492.60 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $3,310.80 | $267.53 – $11,352.46 |