Prolactin 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

$204.00

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.

$340.00

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.

$18.14 with UPMC Health Plan vs $312.80 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 Medicare $18.14 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.15 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $19.88 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $20.35 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.93 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $20.93 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $20.93 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $21.32 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $26.40 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $26.40 ↓ -87%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $31.20 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $33.78 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $35.59 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $37.36 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $37.79 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $37.98 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $40.90 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $60.07 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $80.46 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $116.03 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $120.68 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $122.40 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $126.77 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $132.60 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $133.28 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $136.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $136.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $136.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $136.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $169.77 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $170.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $238.00 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $272.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $289.00 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $289.00 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $312.80 ↑ +53%

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Prolactin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $139.20 $16.16 – $37.44
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $435.60 $18.01 – $37.79
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $955.80 $19.15 – $37.79
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $197.40 $16.73 – $37.79
UPMC Altoona Altoona $208.20 $19.15 – $277.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $6.99 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $98.40 $19.19 – $139.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $132.60 $12.60 – $176.80

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