Robot lin-radsurg com, first 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

$6,321.60

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.

$10,536.00

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.

$1,896.48 with Aetna vs $22,811.39 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,896.48 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2,763.33 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $2,848.13 ↓ -55%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,792.96 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $4,109.04 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,130.11 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $4,214.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,214.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $4,214.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,214.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $5,268.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5,268.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5,794.80 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $5,794.80 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $7,375.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $7,994.60 ↑ +26%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $8,428.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $8,955.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $8,955.60 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $9,269.13 ↑ +47%
Multiplan PPO $9,693.12 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $10,706.24 ↑ +69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $12,413.43 ↑ +96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $14,766.19 ↑ +134%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $16,059.44 ↑ +154%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $22,811.39 ↑ +261%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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Robot lin-radsurg com, first at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD not published $2,800.85 – $4,502.43
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY not published $2,800.85 – $4,502.43

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