Njx aa&/strd sc nrv nfs img 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

$1,715.40

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.

$2,859.00

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.

$90.60 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,438.06 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 Medicaid $90.60 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $90.60 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $107.07 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $122.14 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $128.21 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $130.33 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $140.36 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $310.02 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $310.13 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $794.37 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $870.68 ↓ -49%
Aetna of PA Medicare $891.22 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $896.91 ↓ -48%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $916.60 ↓ -47%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $916.68 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare $916.68 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare $933.66 ↓ -46%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,029.24 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,039.90 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $1,115.01 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,120.73 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,143.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,143.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,143.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,143.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,201.13 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,392.65 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $1,429.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,801.70 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,001.30 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,128.65 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,287.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,430.15 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,430.15 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $2,630.28 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,438.06 ↑ +100%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Njx aa&/strd sc nrv nfs img at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,070.60 $90.60 – $933.66
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,544.40 $90.60 – $933.66
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,063.60 $90.60 – $933.66
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,990.20 $90.60 – $933.66
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,909.20 $82.36 – $2,545.60
UPMC East Monroeville $1,497.00 $90.60 – $1,996.00
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,523.40 $90.60 – $916.68
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,963.80 $90.60 – $993.28

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