Pn soln nos 10 grams lipids 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

$264.60

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.

$441.00

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.

$4.68 with Aetna vs $139.63 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $4.68 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $6.35 ↓ -98%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $9.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna EBR FI $10.14 ↓ -96%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $10.19 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $10.40 ↓ -96%
Aetna EBR ASO $10.40 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial $10.40 ↓ -96%
Cigna New Business ASO $10.40 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $12.56 ↓ -95%
InterGroup PPO $13.00 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.00 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $14.30 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14.30 ↓ -95%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $18.20 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $20.44 ↓ -92%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $20.80 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial $22.10 ↓ -92%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $22.10 ↓ -92%
Multiplan PPO $23.92 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $65.24 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $68.55 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $69.51 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $91.80 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $93.09 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $100.79 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $139.63 ↓ -47%

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Pn soln nos 10 grams lipids at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $187.20 $19.14 – $51.52
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $264.60 $19.14 – $94.67
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $401.40 $10.45 – $105.48
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $360.00 $19.14 – $80.05
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $264.60 $20.02 – $20.02
UPMC Altoona Altoona $71.40 $19.14 – $65.24
UPMC Bedford Everett $74.40 $7.00 – $65.24
UPMC East Monroeville $360.00 $19.14 – $239.20

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