Lens iol ant chamb 10.5 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

$192.60

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.

$321.00

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.

$57.78 with Aetna vs $1,923.33 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.

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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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $57.78 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $105.93 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare $111.46 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $115.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $125.19 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $125.83 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $128.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $128.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $128.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $128.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $160.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $160.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $176.55 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $224.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $256.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $272.85 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $272.85 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $281.48 ↑ +46%
Multiplan PPO $295.32 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $887.88 ↑ +361%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $944.16 ↑ +390%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $957.39 ↑ +397%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,264.44 ↑ +557%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,282.21 ↑ +566%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,371.63 ↑ +612%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,923.33 ↑ +899%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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Lens iol ant chamb 10.5 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $961.20 $278.82 – $701.11
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,022.60 $281.48 – $1,288.42
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,531.40 $281.48 – $1,435.54
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,022.60 $281.48 – $1,089.49
UPMC Altoona Altoona $186.00 $58.90 – $887.88
UPMC Bedford Everett $652.20 $206.53 – $978.30
UPMC East Monroeville $214.20 $67.83 – $887.88
UPMC Northwest Seneca $322.20 $723.64 – $1,074.41

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