Lymphocyte transformation mitogen 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

$453.00

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.

$755.00

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.

$45.89 with UPMC Health Plan vs $694.60 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $45.89 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $48.45 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $50.29 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $51.48 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $52.95 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare $52.95 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $52.95 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $53.93 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $74.53 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $74.53 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $88.08 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $100.47 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $105.47 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $107.21 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $115.46 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $115.56 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $134.51 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $213.81 ↓ -53%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $271.80 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $286.35 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $294.45 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $295.96 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $302.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $302.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $302.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $302.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $377.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $396.98 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $429.52 ↓ -5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $451.18 ↓ -0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $528.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $604.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $604.23 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $641.75 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $641.75 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $694.60 ↑ +53%

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Lymphocyte transformation mitogen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $350.40 $40.87 – $133.24
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $537.60 $45.56 – $134.51
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $415.20 $48.45 – $134.51
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $491.40 $42.33 – $134.51
UPMC Altoona Altoona $630.00 $48.45 – $800.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $816.60 $17.69 – $1,224.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $272.40 $48.54 – $385.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $272.40 $48.54 – $396.98

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