MRA pelvis at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$2,081.40
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.
$3,469.00
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.
$382.46 with Aetna vs $3,422.25 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.
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 | $382.46 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $463.03 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $463.03 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $547.22 | ↓ -74% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $588.86 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $624.25 | ↓ -70% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $655.28 | ↓ -69% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $666.10 | ↓ -68% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $717.37 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,248.84 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,352.91 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,359.85 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,387.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,387.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,387.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,387.60 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,477.76 | ↓ -29% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,703.64 | ↓ -18% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,734.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,734.50 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,853.82 | ↓ -11% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,975.25 | ↓ -5% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $2,281.49 | ↑ +10% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,428.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,645.29 | ↑ +27% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $2,775.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $2,948.65 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2,948.65 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $3,191.48 | ↑ +53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $3,422.25 | ↑ +64% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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MRA pelvis at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $1,536.60 | $399.30 – $2,048.80 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,811.20 | $435.20 – $717.37 |
| WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital | Chambersburg | $735.50 | $232.98 – $1,493.05 |