Mayo chrcb tissue culture non-neoplastic disorders lymphocyte 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

$564.60

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.

$941.00

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.

$109.02 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,021.08 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $109.02 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $115.13 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $119.50 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $122.31 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $125.80 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $125.81 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $125.81 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $128.14 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $177.10 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $177.10 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $189.43 ↓ -66%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $209.30 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $227.30 ↓ -60%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $238.76 ↓ -58%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $250.63 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $254.77 ↓ -55%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $274.38 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $319.68 ↓ -43%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $323.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR FI $346.32 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $348.10 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial $355.20 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $355.20 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $355.20 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $355.20 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $361.31 ↓ -36%
InterGroup PPO $444.00 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $483.89 ↓ -14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $621.60 ↑ +10%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $650.78 ↑ +15%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $725.84 ↑ +29%
Humana Commercial $754.80 ↑ +34%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $754.80 ↑ +34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $762.44 ↑ +35%
Multiplan PPO $816.96 ↑ +45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,021.08 ↑ +81%

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UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $879.00 $97.11 – $225.16
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $833.40 $108.25 – $227.30
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