Prev med cnsl indiv apprx 60 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

$282.60

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.

$471.00

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.

$36.08 with Aetna of PA vs $433.32 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 of PA Medicare $36.08 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $44.30 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $84.78 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $96.11 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $120.30 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $125.89 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $148.61 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $150.69 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $169.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $183.69 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $184.63 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $188.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $188.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $188.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $188.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $199.02 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $201.82 ↓ -29%
InterGroup PPO $235.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $235.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $259.05 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $259.05 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $302.73 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $329.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $376.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $400.35 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $400.35 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $433.32 ↑ +53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Prev med cnsl indiv apprx 60 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $148.80 $49.60 – $234.82
UPMC Somerset Somerset $148.80 $43.44 – $75.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $412.00 $74.88 – $74.88

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