Strapping of ankle and/or ft 29540 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

$640.20

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.

$1,067.00

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.

$22.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $981.64 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 Medicaid $22.00 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $22.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $26.00 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.66 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $31.13 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.65 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $80.97 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $131.35 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $140.79 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $154.31 ↓ -76%
Aetna of PA Medicare $157.95 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $162.45 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $162.46 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare $162.46 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $165.47 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $248.42 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $380.02 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $384.12 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $401.24 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $416.13 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $418.26 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $426.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $426.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $426.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $426.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $440.61 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $508.92 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $533.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $590.07 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $746.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $763.38 ↑ +19%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $853.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $906.95 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $906.95 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $981.64 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Strapping of ankle and/or ft 29540 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $792.00 $22.00 – $165.47
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $996.60 $22.00 – $165.47
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $22.00 – $165.47
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $22.00 – $165.47
UPMC Bedford Everett $816.00 $21.00 – $1,224.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $520.80 $25.40 – $737.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $307.80 $19.23 – $143.64
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $520.80 $25.40 – $737.80

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