Place slctv cath carotid/inom art excrn uni 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

$11,832.00

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.

$19,720.00

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.

$1,154.89 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $18,142.40 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $1,154.89 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,914.91 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,808.41 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,078.18 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,150.80 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.52 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,341.22 ↓ -72%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $3,549.60 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,873.89 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,474.51 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5,188.00 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $6,711.79 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $7,099.20 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7,266.20 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $7,690.80 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $7,730.24 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $7,888.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $7,888.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $7,888.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $7,888.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $8,003.52 ↓ -32%
InterGroup PPO $9,860.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $10,846.00 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $10,846.00 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $13,804.00 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $15,776.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $16,762.00 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $16,762.00 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $18,142.40 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Place slctv cath carotid/inom art excrn uni at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $14,010.60 $256.75 – $3,300.84
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $26,215.20 $1,154.89 – $3,300.84
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $30,780.60 $256.75 – $3,300.84
UPMC Altoona Altoona $6,202.80 $1,144.00 – $8,270.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $6,300.60 $1,016.56 – $8,925.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $6,360.60 $1,016.56 – $8,925.85
UPMC East Monroeville $17,268.00 $256.75 – $23,024.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $12,945.60 $256.75 – $4,364.40

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