Mayo fbl culture fungi blood 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

$81.60

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.

$136.00

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.

$13.71 with UPMC Health Plan vs $125.12 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 $13.71 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $13.71 ↓ -83%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $16.20 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17.47 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $18.48 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $19.15 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $19.40 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $19.72 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.22 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $20.99 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $21.23 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $21.48 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $22.09 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare $22.10 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $22.10 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $22.51 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $24.75 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $39.34 ↓ -52%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $48.96 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $52.69 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR FI $53.04 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $53.31 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $54.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $54.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $54.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $54.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $60.03 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $68.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $79.04 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $83.02 ↑ +2%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $95.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $108.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $111.19 ↑ +36%
Humana Commercial $115.60 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $115.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $125.12 ↑ +53%

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