Pq biliary strict dil s&i 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

$1,707.60

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.

$2,846.00

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.

$113.22 with Aetna vs $2,618.32 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
Aetna Medicare $113.22 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $147.90 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $147.90 ↓ -91%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $174.78 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $199.39 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $209.30 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $212.75 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $229.13 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $316.92 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $680.49 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $784.19 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $916.89 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $983.75 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,024.56 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,063.06 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $1,109.94 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,115.63 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,138.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,138.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,138.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,138.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,227.88 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $1,423.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,423.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,423.68 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,841.83 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,992.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,276.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,419.10 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,419.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $2,618.32 ↑ +53%

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Pq biliary strict dil s&i at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,547.40 $147.90 – $692.28
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,452.60 $147.90 – $791.27
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UPMC Hamot Erie $1,760.40 $147.90 – $680.49
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,397.60 $122.79 – $660.20
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,397.60 $102.93 – $650.33

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