Placement occlusive device venous/arterial access site post procedure 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

$975.60

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$1,626.00

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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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$52.65 with Aetna vs $3,034.63 with UPMC Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Aetna Medicare $52.65 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $292.68 ↓ -70%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $585.36 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $634.14 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $637.39 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $650.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $650.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $650.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $650.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $813.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $813.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $894.30 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $894.30 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,138.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,300.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,382.10 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,382.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,495.92 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,964.37 ↑ +101%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,034.63 ↑ +211%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Placement occlusive device venous/arterial access site post procedure at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $335.40 $1,551.15 – $1,551.15
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,348.80 $2,850.54 – $2,850.54
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $942.00 $931.20 – $3,176.03
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $924.60 $2,410.42 – $2,410.42
UPMC Altoona Altoona $759.00 $632.50 – $1,964.37
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,304.60 $526.22 – $17,298.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,304.60 $768.20 – $3,264.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $941.40 $2,377.06 – $2,377.06

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →