Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide 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

$339.60

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.

$566.00

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.

$33.07 with UPMC Health Plan vs $520.72 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 $33.07 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.92 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $36.24 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $37.10 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $38.15 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $38.16 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $38.16 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $38.86 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $53.71 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $53.71 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $63.48 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $72.41 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $76.01 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $77.27 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $83.22 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $83.75 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $96.96 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $154.12 ↓ -55%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $203.76 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $206.41 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $220.74 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $221.87 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $226.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $226.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $226.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $226.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $283.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $287.73 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $309.62 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $325.23 ↓ -4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $396.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $435.56 ↑ +28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $452.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $481.10 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $481.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $520.72 ↑ +53%

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Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $378.00 $29.45 – $96.04
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $204.00 $32.83 – $96.96
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $867.00 $34.92 – $96.96
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $441.00 $30.50 – $96.96
UPMC Altoona Altoona $477.00 $34.92 – $636.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $568.80 $12.75 – $853.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $178.80 $22.96 – $253.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $178.80 $34.98 – $287.73

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