Removal of finger lesion at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$191.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,281.72 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $191.40 | — |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $191.40 | — |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $226.20 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $258.04 | — |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $270.87 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $275.34 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $296.53 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $736.75 | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $928.34 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,423.08 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $1,428.00 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $1,565.17 | — |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $1,602.09 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,647.71 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $1,647.86 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $1,647.86 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,678.38 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,131.49 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,298.46 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,471.31 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $2,854.47 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $3,309.63 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $4,281.72 | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Removal of finger lesion at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | not published | $191.40 – $1,678.38 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $753.00 | $182.70 – $1,041.88 |
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $1,848.00 | $191.40 – $3,237.13 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | not published | $191.40 – $1,678.38 |
| WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | not published | $8,754.00 – $8,754.00 |
| WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital | York PA 17403 | not published | $550.00 – $1,101.92 |
| WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital | Gettysburg | not published | $970.00 – $1,101.92 |