Replace tunneled cv cath 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

$4,495.20

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.

$7,492.00

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.

$219.25 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,892.64 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 $219.25 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $219.25 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $259.12 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $295.59 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $310.28 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $315.40 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $339.68 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $790.16 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $974.60 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,286.00 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,650.45 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,697.12 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,808.41 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $2,921.88 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,936.86 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,996.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,996.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,996.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,996.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,061.38 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,078.18 ↓ -32%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,150.80 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,205.29 ↓ -29%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.52 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -28%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,549.54 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $3,746.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,592.09 ↑ +2%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5,176.98 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,244.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,993.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,368.20 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,368.20 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $6,892.64 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Replace tunneled cv cath at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,812.40 $219.25 – $3,300.84
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,921.80 $219.25 – $3,300.84
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,004.40 $219.25 – $3,300.84
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,273.80 $253.14 – $6,054.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,273.80 $269.08 – $6,054.55
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,273.80 $253.14 – $4,810.90
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,273.80 $253.14 – $4,836.88
UPMC Memorial York $4,273.80 $253.14 – $4,829.02

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