Io rad tx delivery by x-ray 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

$6,892.20

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.

$11,487.00

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.

$438.46 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $10,568.04 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
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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 $438.46 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,268.52 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,470.75 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,698.78 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,969.66 ↓ -71%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $2,067.66 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,548.18 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4,020.45 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4,135.32 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $4,479.93 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,502.90 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,594.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $4,594.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $4,594.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,594.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,996.85 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $5,743.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6,317.85 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $6,317.85 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $6,820.93 ↓ -1%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $7,476.13 ↑ +8%
Aetna of PA Medicare $7,652.51 ↑ +11%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7,870.42 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Medicare $7,871.15 ↑ +14%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $7,871.15 ↑ +14%
Aetna Medicare $8,016.91 ↑ +16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $8,040.90 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $9,189.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $9,763.95 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $9,763.95 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $10,568.04 ↑ +53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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