Rf abltj nrv nrvtg si jt 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

$1,508.40

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.

$2,514.00

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.

$274.72 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,312.88 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 $274.72 ↓ -82%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $452.52 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $587.87 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $794.79 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $905.04 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $921.50 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $980.46 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $985.49 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,005.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,005.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,005.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,005.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,064.37 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,234.09 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $1,257.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,382.70 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,382.70 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,491.83 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,596.57 ↑ +6%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,643.21 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,742.39 ↑ +16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,759.80 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,909.76 ↑ +27%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,954.82 ↑ +30%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,010.48 ↑ +33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,010.67 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,010.67 ↑ +33%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,011.20 ↑ +33%
Aetna Medicare $2,047.90 ↑ +36%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,136.90 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,136.90 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $2,312.88 ↑ +53%

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Rf abltj nrv nrvtg si jt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,989.40 $272.13 – $2,047.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,763.80 $274.72 – $2,047.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,320.80 $274.72 – $2,047.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,989.40 $274.72 – $2,047.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,661.00 $615.21 – $8,019.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $747.00 $194.15 – $996.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,661.00 $615.21 – $8,019.75
UPMC East Monroeville $3,989.40 $274.72 – $5,319.20

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