Liver ds alys 3 bmrk srm alg 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

$972.60

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.

$1,621.00

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.

$66.41 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,491.32 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 $66.41 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $105.56 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $141.38 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $155.04 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $155.04 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $164.90 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $180.74 ↓ -81%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $183.24 ↓ -81%
Aetna of PA Medicare $185.00 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $190.27 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $190.29 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $190.29 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $193.81 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $209.03 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $212.06 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $219.42 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $222.76 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $223.04 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $240.21 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $298.32 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $497.52 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $567.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $583.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $632.19 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $635.43 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $648.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $648.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $648.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $648.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $705.13 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $810.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,134.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,296.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,377.85 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,377.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,491.32 ↑ +53%

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Liver ds alys 3 bmrk srm alg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $972.60 $65.78 – $497.52
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,030.20 $66.41 – $578.51
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $972.60 $66.41 – $578.51
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $972.60 $66.41 – $497.52
UPMC Altoona Altoona $944.40 $65.78 – $1,259.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $972.60 $63.57 – $1,458.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $68.40 $15.62 – $520.66
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $68.40 $22.80 – $520.66

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