Rp loclzj tum spect w/ct 2 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

$3,135.00

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.

$5,225.00

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.

$450.66 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $5,990.66 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $450.66 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $792.37 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $792.37 ↓ -75%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $936.44 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,068.26 ↓ -66%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,090.14 ↓ -65%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,121.35 ↓ -64%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1,139.87 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,227.60 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,301.45 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,303.80 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,426.47 ↓ -54%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,460.12 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,501.70 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,501.84 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,501.84 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,511.66 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare $1,529.65 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,746.04 ↓ -44%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,881.00 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,024.45 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR FI $2,037.75 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,048.20 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,090.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,090.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,090.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,090.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $2,612.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,619.06 ↓ -16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,657.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,180.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,441.25 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $4,441.25 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,775.41 ↑ +52%
Multiplan PPO $4,807.00 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5,990.66 ↑ +91%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Rp loclzj tum spect w/ct 2 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,322.20 $450.66 – $1,529.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,430.40 $450.66 – $1,529.65
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,812.60 $835.74 – $6,817.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,812.60 $835.74 – $6,817.85
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,812.60 $835.74 – $2,229.42
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,812.60 $835.74 – $2,241.47
UPMC Memorial York $4,812.60 $363.84 – $5,213.49
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,139.20 $792.37 – $1,227.60

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