Serpina1 gene 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

$869.40

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.

$1,449.00

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.

$40.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $529.92 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 Medicare $40.85 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $43.14 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $44.78 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $45.83 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $47.14 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $47.14 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $47.14 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $48.02 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $52.33 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $52.33 ↓ -94%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $61.84 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $70.55 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $74.05 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $75.27 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $79.98 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $81.07 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $97.33 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $127.13 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $170.26 ↓ -80%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $207.36 ↓ -76%
Aetna EBR FI $224.64 ↓ -74%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $225.79 ↓ -74%
Cigna New Business ASO $230.40 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial $230.40 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $230.40 ↓ -73%
Aetna EBR ASO $230.40 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $255.39 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $268.27 ↓ -69%
InterGroup PPO $288.00 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $334.38 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $359.27 ↓ -59%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $403.20 ↓ -54%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $460.80 ↓ -47%
Humana Commercial $489.60 ↓ -44%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $489.60 ↓ -44%
Multiplan PPO $529.92 ↓ -39%

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Serpina1 gene at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $345.60 $36.39 – $79.22
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $345.60 $40.56 – $79.98
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $921.60 $43.14 – $79.98
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $345.60 $37.69 – $79.98
UPMC Altoona Altoona $330.00 $43.14 – $426.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $345.60 $15.75 – $518.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $252.00 $43.21 – $357.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $252.00 $43.21 – $357.00

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