Monitor reveal linq ii cardiac 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

$9,798.60

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.

$16,331.00

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.

$2,381.37 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $24,095.56 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2,381.37 ↓ -76%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $2,939.58 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $3,686.65 ↓ -62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $3,756.13 ↓ -62%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $5,389.23 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5,389.23 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $5,524.78 ↓ -44%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $5,879.16 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $6,369.09 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $6,401.75 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $6,532.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $6,532.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $6,532.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $6,532.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $7,987.91 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $8,099.84 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $8,165.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8,165.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $10,697.58 ↑ +9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $10,847.97 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $11,431.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $13,064.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $13,881.35 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $13,881.35 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $15,024.52 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $15,597.46 ↑ +59%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $16,272.01 ↑ +66%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $24,095.56 ↑ +146%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Monitor reveal linq ii cardiac at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $12,370.80 $2,358.91 – $12,316.42
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $14,856.60 $2,381.37 – $22,633.86
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $26,418.60 $2,381.37 – $25,218.30
UPMC Altoona Altoona $14,205.60 $2,286.46 – $15,597.46
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $13,107.60 $4,369.20 – $18,569.10
UPMC East Monroeville $19,273.80 $2,374.62 – $15,597.46
UPMC Hamot Erie $24,517.80 $2,358.91 – $2,358.91
UPMC Northwest Seneca $15,190.20 $6,122.28 – $18,874.31

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