Rbc osmotic fragility 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

$51.60

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.

$86.00

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.

$3.30 with UPMC Health Plan vs $79.12 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 $3.30 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $3.30 ↓ -94%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $3.90 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $4.45 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4.67 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $4.75 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $5.11 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $6.99 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $7.38 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $7.66 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $7.84 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $8.07 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.07 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $8.07 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $8.22 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8.74 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.23 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $21.03 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $28.16 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $30.02 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $30.96 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $33.54 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $33.71 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $34.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $34.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $34.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $34.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $42.25 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $43.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $44.38 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $59.43 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $60.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $68.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $73.10 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $73.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $79.12 ↑ +53%

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Rbc osmotic fragility at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $56.40 $3.30 – $13.23
UPMC Cole Coudersport $49.80 $3.15 – $66.40
UPMC Kane Kane $224.40 $3.30 – $32.24

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