Sipuleucel-t - su 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

$118,513.80

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.

$197,523.00

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.

$34,898.95 with UPMC Health Plan vs $218,837.77 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 Medicaid $34,898.95 ↓ -71%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $45,331.53 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $45,440.25 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $51,729.36 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $55,272.32 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $55,272.32 ↓ -53%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $55,272.32 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $55,272.32 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $56,698.35 ↓ -52%
Aetna of PA Medicare $58,035.94 ↓ -51%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $58,588.66 ↓ -51%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $59,688.58 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare $59,694.11 ↓ -50%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $59,694.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $60,799.55 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $61,995.08 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $67,984.96 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $71,108.28 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $77,033.97 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $77,429.02 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $79,009.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $79,009.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $79,009.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $79,009.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $98,761.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $107,427.15 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $108,932.47 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $138,266.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $143,868.83 ↑ +21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $145,891.28 ↑ +23%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $158,018.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $167,894.55 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $167,894.55 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $181,721.16 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $218,837.77 ↑ +85%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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