Platelets leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit 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

$664.20

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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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$1,107.00

Gross charge

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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.

$183.26 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,200.08 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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

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 $183.26 ↓ -72%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $187.92 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $200.86 ↓ -70%
Aetna of PA Medicare $205.60 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $211.46 ↓ -68%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $211.47 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare $211.47 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare $215.39 ↓ -68%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $375.84 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR FI $407.16 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $409.25 ↓ -38%
Cigna New Business ASO $417.60 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $417.60 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $417.60 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $417.60 ↓ -37%
InterGroup PPO $522.00 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $522.00 ↓ -21%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $574.20 ↓ -14%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $574.20 ↓ -14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $730.80 ↑ +10%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $733.54 ↑ +10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $774.44 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $774.44 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $800.02 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $800.02 ↑ +20%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $835.20 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $887.40 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial $887.40 ↑ +34%
Multiplan PPO $960.48 ↑ +45%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,133.21 ↑ +71%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,200.08 ↑ +81%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Platelets leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $360.00 $163.23 – $215.39
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $748.80 $181.97 – $215.39
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $978.60 $196.44 – $1,186.01
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $686.40 $169.06 – $215.39
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $310.20 $70.83 – $439.45
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $310.20 $103.40 – $733.54
UPMC East Monroeville $681.00 $196.34 – $908.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $310.20 $194.25 – $733.54

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