Refill maint impl spine pump 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

$407.40

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.

$679.00

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.

$63.14 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $624.68 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $63.14 ↓ -85%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $122.22 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $152.13 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $211.81 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $214.77 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $244.44 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $263.39 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR FI $264.81 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $266.17 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $271.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $271.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $271.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $271.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $283.66 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $287.64 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $288.69 ↓ -29%
Aetna of PA Medicare $295.50 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $302.40 ↓ -26%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $303.92 ↓ -25%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $303.94 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Medicare $303.94 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare $309.57 ↓ -24%
InterGroup PPO $339.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $373.45 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $373.45 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $431.47 ↑ +6%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $467.16 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $475.30 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $543.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $577.15 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $577.15 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $624.68 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Refill maint impl spine pump at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $496.20 $62.55 – $309.57
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $425.40 $63.14 – $309.57
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $375.00 $40.75 – $488.93
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $402.00 $63.14 – $309.57
UPMC Cole Coudersport $82.80 $18.02 – $152.13
UPMC East Monroeville $447.60 $63.14 – $596.80
UPMC Jameson New Castle $406.20 $39.05 – $351.79
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $353.00 $29.85 – $617.93

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