Mr safety implant elec prepj 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

$168.60

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.

$281.00

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.

$50.58 with Aetna vs $258.52 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $50.58 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $73.94 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $81.90 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $85.73 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $89.77 ↓ -47%
Aetna of PA Medicare $91.89 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $94.50 ↓ -44%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $94.51 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Medicare $94.51 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare $96.26 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $98.35 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $99.02 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $101.16 ↓ -40%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $101.97 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $109.59 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $110.15 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $112.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $112.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $112.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $112.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $114.81 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $122.23 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $140.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $140.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $148.53 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $154.55 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $154.55 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $196.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $224.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $238.85 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $238.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $258.52 ↑ +53%

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Mr safety implant elec prepj at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $168.60 $25.32 – $113.67
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $168.60 $56.90 – $118.57
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $224.40 $25.56 – $132.18
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $168.60 $56.90 – $101.97
UPMC Altoona Altoona $166.80 $25.32 – $222.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $168.60 $31.57 – $252.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $168.60 $38.50 – $238.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $167.40 $77.34 – $223.20

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