Pq thr inj ext pse 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

$1,900.80

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.

$3,168.00

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.

$113.66 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,914.56 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 Medicaid $113.66 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $113.66 ↓ -94%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $134.33 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $153.24 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $160.85 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $163.51 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $176.09 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $335.42 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $339.67 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $551.66 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $604.65 ↓ -68%
Aetna of PA Medicare $618.91 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $636.54 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $636.60 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare $636.60 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $644.80 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare $648.38 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $970.42 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,041.43 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,125.12 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,140.48 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $1,235.52 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,241.86 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,267.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,267.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,267.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,267.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,299.57 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,506.79 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $1,584.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,949.36 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,217.60 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,534.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,692.80 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,692.80 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $2,914.56 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Pq thr inj ext pse at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,815.60 $113.66 – $648.38
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $899.40 $113.66 – $648.38
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,997.40 $113.66 – $648.38
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,608.00 $113.66 – $648.38
UPMC Altoona Altoona $754.80 $103.33 – $1,006.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,125.60 $131.23 – $1,594.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,125.60 $135.36 – $1,594.60
UPMC East Monroeville $1,600.20 $113.66 – $2,133.60

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