Shunt glaucoma baerveldt 350mm 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

$4,395.00

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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.

$7,325.00

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.

$230.92 with Aetna vs $8,935.46 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 Medicare $230.92 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $363.42 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $464.37 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $489.17 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $666.27 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $666.27 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $683.03 ↓ -84%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $726.84 ↓ -83%
Aetna EBR FI $787.41 ↓ -82%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $791.45 ↓ -82%
Aetna EBR ASO $807.60 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $807.60 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial $807.60 ↓ -82%
Cigna New Business ASO $807.60 ↓ -82%
InterGroup PPO $1,009.50 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,009.50 ↓ -77%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,413.30 ↓ -68%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,615.20 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,640.82 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,663.82 ↓ -62%
Humana Commercial $1,716.15 ↓ -61%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,716.15 ↓ -61%
Multiplan PPO $1,857.48 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,197.43 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,228.32 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,342.49 ↓ -24%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5,784.07 ↑ +32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8,935.46 ↑ +103%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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Shunt glaucoma baerveldt 350mm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $5,882.40 $484.55 – $4,567.35
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,235.60 $489.17 – $8,393.41
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $10,690.80 $489.17 – $9,351.81
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,636.80 $489.17 – $7,097.47
UPMC East Monroeville $4,636.80 $489.17 – $5,784.07
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,636.80 $1,257.60 – $6,999.24
UPMC Jameson New Castle $5,210.40 $209.93 – $5,784.07
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $5,210.40 $230.92 – $5,784.07

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