MRI fetal sngl/1st gestation 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

$794.40

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.

$1,324.00

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.

$178.83 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,218.08 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $178.83 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $215.68 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $236.40 ↓ -70%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $238.32 ↓ -70%
Aetna of PA Medicare $241.97 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $248.86 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $248.89 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare $248.89 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare $253.50 ↓ -68%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $476.64 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $516.36 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $517.37 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $519.01 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $529.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $529.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $529.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $529.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $540.92 ↓ -32%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $569.77 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $599.86 ↓ -24%
InterGroup PPO $662.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $692.86 ↓ -13%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $728.20 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $728.20 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $742.36 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $803.34 ↑ +1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $926.80 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $931.28 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,039.29 ↑ +31%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,059.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,125.40 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,125.40 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,218.08 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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MRI fetal sngl/1st gestation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,656.00 $127.18 – $2,346.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,656.00 $186.61 – $2,346.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,656.00 $186.61 – $931.28
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,656.00 $186.61 – $931.28
UPMC Memorial York $1,656.00 $144.38 – $2,013.94
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,656.00 $163.82 – $540.92
WellSpan Newberry Hospital Etters not published not published

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