Msh2 gene dup/delete variant 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

$898.80

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.

$1,498.00

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.

$133.51 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $2,370.66 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.

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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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $133.51 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $133.51 ↓ -85%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $157.78 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $179.99 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $188.94 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $192.06 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $199.63 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $206.84 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $210.81 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $218.80 ↓ -76%
Aetna of PA Medicare $223.97 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $230.34 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $230.36 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $230.36 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $234.63 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $524.30 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $527.73 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $539.28 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $584.22 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $587.22 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $599.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $599.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $599.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $599.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $651.63 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $749.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $838.85 ↓ -7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,048.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,123.46 ↑ +25%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,198.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,273.30 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,273.30 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,378.16 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,685.19 ↑ +87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,770.17 ↑ +97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,370.66 ↑ +164%

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Msh2 gene dup/delete variant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,523.40 $133.51 – $522.75
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,522.80 $133.51 – $527.73
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,523.40 $121.37 – $527.73
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,824.00 $121.37 – $1,918.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,523.40 $76.96 – $2,285.10
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,770.60 $121.37 – $400.26
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,194.60 $133.51 – $225.52
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,502.40 $121.37 – $210.81

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