Pt repositioning canalith procedure(s) per day 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

$480.00

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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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$800.00

Gross charge

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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.

$38.71 with Aetna vs $736.00 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 Medicare $38.71 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $74.76 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $105.84 ↓ -78%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $144.00 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $163.51 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $186.55 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $249.84 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $250.77 ↓ -48%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $288.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $312.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $313.60 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $320.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $320.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $320.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $320.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $335.84 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $374.75 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $400.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $400.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $440.00 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $440.00 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $560.00 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $640.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $680.00 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $680.00 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $736.00 ↑ +53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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Pt repositioning canalith procedure(s) per day at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $367.80 $74.05 – $83.58
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $478.20 $74.76 – $153.59
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $350.40 $26.54 – $171.12
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $455.40 $74.76 – $129.87
UPMC Altoona Altoona $387.60 $74.05 – $516.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $450.00 $105.84 – $675.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $78.60 $17.95 – $148.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $100.80 $38.01 – $134.40

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