Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes 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

$76.80

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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$128.00

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.

$21.78 with Aetna vs $128.96 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 CHIP/Medicaid $21.78 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $24.28 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $25.73 ↓ -66%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $37.91 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $43.56 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR FI $47.19 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $47.43 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial $48.40 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $48.40 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $48.40 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $48.40 ↓ -37%
InterGroup PPO $60.50 ↓ -21%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $60.50 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $64.20 ↓ -16%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $66.55 ↓ -13%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.55 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $69.38 ↓ -10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $84.70 ↑ +10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $85.98 ↑ +12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $86.30 ↑ +12%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $96.80 ↑ +26%
Humana Commercial $102.85 ↑ +34%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $102.85 ↑ +34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $107.19 ↑ +40%
Multiplan PPO $111.32 ↑ +45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $115.57 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $128.96 ↑ +68%

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Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $72.00 $25.48 – $54.79
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $121.20 $25.73 – $100.68
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $166.20 $23.57 – $112.18
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $76.20 $25.73 – $85.14
UPMC Altoona Altoona $121.80 $25.48 – $162.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $60.60 $11.92 – $387.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $72.00 $30.81 – $96.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $60.60 $20.20 – $85.85

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