Rbc deglycerolized each unit 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

$1,770.00

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.

$2,950.00

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.

$500.94 with Aetna vs $2,560.36 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 CHIP/Medicaid $500.94 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $562.95 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $583.31 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $639.34 ↓ -64%
Aetna of PA Medicare $654.42 ↓ -63%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $673.06 ↓ -62%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $673.12 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare $673.12 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare $685.59 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $894.84 ↓ -49%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,001.88 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,054.76 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $1,085.37 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,090.94 ↓ -38%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,113.20 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,113.20 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,113.20 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $1,113.20 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,198.44 ↓ -32%
InterGroup PPO $1,391.50 ↓ -21%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,530.65 ↓ -14%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,530.65 ↓ -14%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,629.43 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,797.66 ↑ +2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,888.32 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,948.10 ↑ +10%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,226.40 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,365.55 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial $2,365.55 ↑ +34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,528.88 ↑ +43%
Multiplan PPO $2,560.36 ↑ +45%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Rbc deglycerolized each unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,664.40 $519.55 – $685.59
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,321.80 $562.95 – $685.59
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,153.20 $302.48 – $1,705.36
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,263.00 $538.12 – $685.59
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,137.00 $557.64 – $1,516.00
UPMC East Monroeville $1,920.60 $562.95 – $2,560.80
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,768.80 $558.00 – $901.68
UPMC Jameson New Castle $369.60 $289.88 – $779.08

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