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PSA (Prostate) Test 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

$129.60

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.

$216.00

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.

$17.21 with UPMC Health Plan vs $198.72 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 $17.21 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.17 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $18.86 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19.31 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.86 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $19.86 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.86 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $20.23 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $26.80 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $26.80 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.52 ↓ -79%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $31.67 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $35.90 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $36.13 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $37.92 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $38.55 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $41.51 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $57.06 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $76.42 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $77.76 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $84.24 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $84.67 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $86.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $86.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $86.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $86.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $94.53 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $108.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $114.63 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $120.41 ↓ -7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $151.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $161.26 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $172.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $183.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $183.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $198.72 ↑ +53%

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PSA (Prostate) Test at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $131.40 $17.09 – $175.95
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $183.60 $15.33 – $275.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $431.40 $18.17 – $611.15
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $121.20 $15.88 – $171.70
UPMC East Monroeville $72.60 $18.17 – $96.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $307.80 $18.17 – $359.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $109.80 $18.21 – $155.55
UPMC Altoona Altoona $118.80 $18.17 – $158.40

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