Positioner proc acufex leg acs 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

$76.20

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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$127.00

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.

$9.00 with Aetna vs $285.04 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 $9.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $18.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna EBR FI $19.50 ↓ -74%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $19.60 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial $20.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna EBR ASO $20.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $20.00 ↓ -74%
Cigna New Business ASO $20.00 ↓ -74%
InterGroup PPO $25.00 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $25.00 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $27.50 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $27.50 ↓ -64%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $35.00 ↓ -54%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $40.00 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $41.71 ↓ -45%
Humana Commercial $42.50 ↓ -44%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $42.50 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare $44.08 ↓ -42%
Multiplan PPO $46.00 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $115.02 ↑ +51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $139.92 ↑ +84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $141.89 ↑ +86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $177.69 ↑ +133%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $187.39 ↑ +146%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $190.02 ↑ +149%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $285.04 ↑ +274%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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Positioner proc acufex leg acs at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $203.40 $41.32 – $90.83
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $81.60 $41.71 – $166.91
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $222.60 $41.71 – $185.97
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $79.80 $41.71 – $141.14
UPMC Altoona Altoona $65.40 $24.50 – $115.02
UPMC East Monroeville $93.60 $17.50 – $115.02
UPMC Hamot Erie $156.60 $41.32 – $41.32
UPMC Northwest Seneca $42.00 $107.24 – $139.19

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