MRA without fol w/cont, pelvis 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

$6,359.40

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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

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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.

$318.66 with UPMC Health Plan 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.

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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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $318.66 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $320.58 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $349.26 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $357.50 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $367.68 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $367.72 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $367.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $374.53 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $927.47 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,075.34 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,155.90 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,242.06 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,440.11 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,785.67 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,863.10 ↓ -71%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,907.82 ↓ -70%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,815.64 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $4,133.61 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,154.81 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $4,239.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,239.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $4,239.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,239.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $5,299.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5,829.45 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $5,829.45 ↓ -8%
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%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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MRA without fol w/cont, pelvis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $6,512.40 $283.82 – $374.53
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,528.80 $316.41 – $374.53
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $9,808.20 $269.69 – $1,868.88
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $5,810.40 $293.97 – $374.53
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,604.00 $317.56 – $3,472.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,713.80 $187.90 – $3,844.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,713.80 $294.41 – $3,844.55
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,675.80 $317.56 – $566.90

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