Pr repair sprfcl wounds simple scalp/neck/axillae/gent/trunk/ext <= 2.5 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

$411.60

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$686.00

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.

$26.95 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $763.38 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $26.95 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $26.95 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $31.85 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $36.33 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $38.14 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $38.77 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $41.75 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $131.35 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $177.30 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $187.07 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $194.33 ↓ -53%
Aetna of PA Medicare $198.91 ↓ -52%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $204.58 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare $204.60 ↓ -50%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $204.60 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $208.38 ↓ -49%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $232.92 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR FI $252.33 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $253.62 ↓ -38%
Cigna New Business ASO $258.80 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $258.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $258.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $258.80 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $259.31 ↓ -37%
InterGroup PPO $323.50 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $380.02 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $418.82 ↑ +2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $440.61 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $452.90 ↑ +10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $508.92 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $517.60 ↑ +26%
Humana Commercial $549.95 ↑ +34%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $549.95 ↑ +34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $590.07 ↑ +43%
Multiplan PPO $595.24 ↑ +45%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $763.38 ↑ +85%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Pr repair sprfcl wounds simple scalp/neck/axillae/gent/trunk/ext <= 2.5 cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $285.60 $26.95 – $208.38
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $709.80 $26.95 – $217.52
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $852.60 $26.95 – $631.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $477.00 $26.95 – $208.38
UPMC Altoona Altoona $518.40 $24.50 – $691.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $310.80 $25.73 – $466.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $520.80 $31.11 – $737.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $444.60 $25.73 – $2,094.25

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