Sling arm deluxe w/pad xs at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$138.00
Cash price 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.
$230.00
Gross charge 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.
$7.25 with Aetna vs $121.81 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $7.25 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $8.46 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $10.81 | ↓ -92% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $15.51 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $16.92 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $17.83 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $18.33 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $18.42 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $18.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $18.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $18.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $18.80 | ↓ -86% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $23.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $23.50 | ↓ -83% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $25.85 | ↓ -81% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $32.90 | ↓ -76% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $37.60 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Commercial | $39.95 | ↓ -71% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $39.95 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $40.38 | ↓ -71% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $43.24 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $59.80 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $60.63 | ↓ -56% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $62.37 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $80.08 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $81.21 | ↓ -41% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $121.81 | ↓ -12% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Sling arm deluxe w/pad xs at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $210.00 | $17.66 – $31.88 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $197.40 | $17.83 – $58.59 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $215.40 | $8.71 – $65.28 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $213.60 | $17.83 – $49.54 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $198.00 | $17.66 – $46.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $30.00 | $12.50 – $45.00 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $37.80 | $17.46 – $50.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $182.40 | $17.66 – $17.66 |