Poct blood gases ph pco2 po2 arterial calculated o2 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.

$24.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $239.20 with Multiplan — 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 $24.40 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $25.77 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $26.74 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $27.37 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $28.15 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $28.16 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $28.16 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $28.68 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $29.41 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $29.41 ↓ -82%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $34.76 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $39.66 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $41.63 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $42.27 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $42.31 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $45.57 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $53.09 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $84.38 ↓ -49%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $93.60 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR FI $101.40 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $101.92 ↓ -38%
Cigna New Business ASO $104.00 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $104.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $104.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $104.00 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $113.01 ↓ -32%
InterGroup PPO $130.00 ↓ -21%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $145.21 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $169.52 ↑ +2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $178.07 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $182.00 ↑ +10%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $208.00 ↑ +26%
Humana Commercial $221.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $221.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $238.47 ↑ +44%
Multiplan PPO $239.20 ↑ +44%

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