MRA abdomen post contrast at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$6,359.40
Cash price 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.
$10,599.00
Gross charge 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.
$383.17 with Aetna vs $9,751.08 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $383.17 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $463.03 | ↓ -93% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $463.03 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $547.22 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $588.86 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $624.25 | ↓ -90% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $655.28 | ↓ -90% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $666.10 | ↓ -90% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $717.37 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1,267.37 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,476.56 | ↓ -77% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,703.64 | ↓ -73% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,852.31 | ↓ -71% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,975.25 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $2,281.49 | ↓ -64% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,645.29 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $3,422.25 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $3,815.64 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $4,133.61 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $4,154.81 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $4,239.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $4,239.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $4,239.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $4,239.60 | ↓ -33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $5,299.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $5,299.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $7,419.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $8,479.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $9,009.15 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $9,009.15 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $9,751.08 | ↑ +53% |
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MRA abdomen post contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $5,659.80 | $463.03 – $1,473.69 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $1,538.40 | $401.05 – $1,845.60 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $2,053.20 | $463.03 – $1,279.54 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $3,306.40 | $435.20 – $1,158.32 |
| WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital | Chambersburg | $735.50 | $231.78 – $1,485.51 |
| WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | $735.50 | $348.37 – $1,485.51 |
| WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital | Waynesboro | $735.50 | $166.99 – $2,481.95 |
| WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital | Lewisburg | $735.50 | $250.32 – $2,224.04 |