Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy sgl day img 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

$1,501.20

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.

$2,502.00

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.

$120.98 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,301.84 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 Medicaid $120.98 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $120.98 ↓ -92%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $142.97 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $163.10 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $171.21 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $174.03 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $187.43 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $310.60 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $691.13 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $768.08 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $898.59 ↓ -40%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $900.72 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $963.54 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR FI $975.78 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $980.78 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,000.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,000.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,000.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,000.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,041.85 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,164.84 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,203.38 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $1,251.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,276.73 ↓ -15%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,306.85 ↓ -13%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,344.07 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,344.19 ↓ -10%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,344.19 ↓ -10%
Aetna Medicare $1,369.08 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,395.27 ↓ -7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,751.40 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,805.08 ↑ +20%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,001.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,126.70 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,126.70 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $2,301.84 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy sgl day img at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,076.80 $120.98 – $1,369.08
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,646.00 $120.98 – $1,369.08
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $8,832.60 $84.00 – $1,369.08
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,575.20 $120.98 – $1,369.08
UPMC Altoona Altoona $883.80 $70.00 – $1,178.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,058.60 $115.48 – $3,087.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,242.60 $91.70 – $6,010.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,200.00 $115.48 – $1,488.00

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