Platelet aggregation each agent teg 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

$165.60

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.

$276.00

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.

$23.31 with UPMC Health Plan vs $264.86 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $23.31 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $24.62 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $25.55 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $26.16 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $26.90 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $26.90 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $26.90 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $27.40 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $32.24 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $32.24 ↓ -81%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $38.10 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $43.47 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $45.63 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $46.38 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $47.24 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $49.95 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $58.96 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $93.72 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $99.36 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $107.64 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $108.19 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $110.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $110.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $110.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $110.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $125.52 ↓ -24%
InterGroup PPO $138.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $162.29 ↓ -2%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $188.27 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $193.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $197.77 ↑ +19%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $220.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $234.60 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $234.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $253.92 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $264.86 ↑ +60%

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UPMC Altoona Altoona $120.00 $24.62 – $160.00
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $126.00 $19.79 – $178.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $126.00 $24.66 – $178.50

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