Protein s total 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

$213.00

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.

$355.00

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.

$10.87 with UPMC Health Plan vs $326.60 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 $10.87 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.47 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $11.91 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.19 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.54 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.54 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.54 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $12.77 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.35 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $17.62 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $17.62 ↓ -92%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $20.83 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $22.63 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.76 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $24.94 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.35 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $27.30 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $35.97 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $48.18 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $56.17 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $72.27 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $75.91 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $101.66 ↓ -52%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $127.80 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $138.45 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $139.16 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $142.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $142.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $142.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $142.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $177.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $248.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $284.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $301.75 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $301.75 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $326.60 ↑ +53%

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Protein s total at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $108.60 $9.68 – $22.42
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $105.00 $10.79 – $22.63
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $337.20 $11.47 – $24.94
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $192.60 $10.02 – $25.01
UPMC Altoona Altoona $69.60 $11.47 – $92.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $49.80 $4.19 – $74.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $58.80 $11.49 – $83.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $58.80 $11.49 – $83.30

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