Mopath procedure level 5 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

$8,562.00

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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.

$14,270.00

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.

$56.34 with Aetna vs $2,148.71 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $56.34 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $112.68 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $122.07 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $122.70 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $125.20 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR ASO $125.20 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $125.20 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $125.20 ↓ -99%
InterGroup PPO $156.50 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $172.15 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $172.15 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $185.33 ↓ -98%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $219.10 ↓ -97%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $250.40 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $257.21 ↓ -97%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $266.05 ↓ -97%
Humana Commercial $266.05 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $271.62 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $281.92 ↓ -97%
Multiplan PPO $287.96 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $288.57 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $296.79 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $296.82 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $296.82 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $302.31 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $478.32 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $636.66 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $760.32 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,018.27 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,527.41 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,604.44 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,148.71 ↓ -75%

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Mopath procedure level 5 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,734.80 $175.65 – $473.81
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $8,296.20 $186.43 – $478.32
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,734.80 $177.12 – $478.32
UPMC Altoona Altoona $5,556.60 $159.00 – $473.81
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,934.00 $99.16 – $3,110.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,691.40 $53.00 – $2,255.20
UPMC East Monroeville $3,109.80 $175.14 – $844.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $8,296.20 $271.62 – $473.81

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