Mayo ceruloplasmin 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

$72.60

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.

$121.00

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.

$10.05 with UPMC Health Plan vs $111.32 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $10.05 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $10.62 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $11.02 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $11.28 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $11.60 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.60 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $11.60 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $11.81 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $13.00 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.83 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.57 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.82 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $17.04 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $19.53 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $20.96 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $33.32 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $43.56 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $44.62 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $47.19 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $47.43 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $48.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $48.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $48.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $48.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $60.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $66.93 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $67.09 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $70.31 ↓ -3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $84.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $94.16 ↑ +30%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $96.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $102.85 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $102.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $111.32 ↑ +53%

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Mayo ceruloplasmin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $100.20 $8.95 – $20.76
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $186.00 $9.98 – $20.96
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $150.60 $9.27 – $20.96
UPMC Altoona Altoona $93.00 $10.00 – $124.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $3.87 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $54.60 $10.00 – $77.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $76.80 $6.98 – $102.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $54.60 $10.00 – $77.35

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