Pr excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 3.1 - 4.0 cm 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

$3,046.80

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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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$5,078.00

Gross charge

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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.

$88.55 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $4,671.76 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

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

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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $88.55 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $88.55 ↓ -97%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $104.65 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $119.38 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $125.31 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $127.38 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $137.19 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $357.66 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,071.26 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,445.68 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,584.55 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,591.86 ↓ -48%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,621.93 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare $1,699.17 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,730.23 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,828.08 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,845.64 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $1,980.42 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,990.58 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,031.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,031.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,031.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,031.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,131.80 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,471.73 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $2,539.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,197.71 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,554.60 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,062.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,316.30 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $4,316.30 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $4,671.76 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Pr excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 3.1 - 4.0 cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,952.60 $88.55 – $1,699.17
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,228.60 $88.55 – $1,699.17
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,265.20 $88.55 – $1,898.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,428.80 $88.55 – $1,699.17
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,184.60 $102.23 – $3,094.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $202.80 $40.75 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,184.60 $102.23 – $3,094.85
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,184.60 $102.23 – $2,476.51

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