Mayo selenium 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

$245.40

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.

$409.00

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.

$23.89 with UPMC Health Plan vs $376.28 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 $23.89 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $25.23 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $26.19 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $26.81 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $27.57 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $27.57 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $27.57 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $28.08 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $55.88 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $70.07 ↓ -71%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $73.62 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $111.38 ↓ -55%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $147.24 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $149.17 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $159.51 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $160.33 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $163.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $163.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $163.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $163.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $191.97 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $204.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $223.75 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $224.95 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $224.95 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $235.03 ↓ -4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $286.30 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $314.76 ↑ +28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $327.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $347.65 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $347.65 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $376.28 ↑ +53%

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Mayo selenium at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $168.00 $21.28 – $69.41
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $325.20 $23.73 – $70.07
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $300.00 $22.04 – $70.07
UPMC Altoona Altoona $150.60 $25.23 – $200.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $154.80 $9.21 – $232.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $129.60 $14.04 – $183.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $136.80 $16.59 – $182.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $129.60 $20.40 – $191.97

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