Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) 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

$806.40

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.

$1,344.00

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.

$23.10 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,236.48 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 Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $23.65 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $24.98 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $25.92 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $26.53 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $27.29 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $27.29 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $27.29 ↓ -97%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $27.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $27.80 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.14 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $32.69 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $33.23 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $35.79 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $38.80 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $49.31 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $78.39 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $104.98 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $133.28 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $157.48 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $165.42 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $221.53 ↓ -73%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $483.84 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $524.16 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $526.85 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $537.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $537.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $537.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $537.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $672.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $940.80 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,075.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,142.40 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,142.40 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,236.48 ↑ +53%

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Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $189.60 $21.07 – $48.85
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $535.80 $23.10 – $49.31
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $451.20 $21.00 – $49.31
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $463.20 $21.82 – $49.31
UPMC Altoona Altoona $272.40 $21.00 – $363.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $125.40 $9.12 – $188.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $127.80 $12.10 – $181.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $175.80 $16.43 – $234.40

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