Support clav 29.6-40.5in med 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

$128.40

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.

$214.00

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.

$3.60 with Aetna vs $555.71 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $3.60 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $4.60 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6.60 ↓ -95%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $7.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna EBR FI $7.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $7.84 ↓ -94%
Cigna New Business ASO $8.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna EBR ASO $8.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $8.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial $8.00 ↓ -94%
InterGroup PPO $10.00 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.00 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11.00 ↓ -91%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $14.00 ↓ -89%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $16.00 ↓ -88%
Humana Commercial $17.00 ↓ -87%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $17.00 ↓ -87%
Multiplan PPO $18.40 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $39.68 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $81.33 ↓ -37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $114.97 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $272.80 ↑ +112%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $276.62 ↑ +115%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $299.94 ↑ +134%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $365.34 ↑ +185%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $370.47 ↑ +189%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $463.35 ↑ +261%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $555.71 ↑ +333%

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Support clav 29.6-40.5in med at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $129.60 $80.56 – $236.84
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $137.40 $81.33 – $435.24
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $133.20 $60.07 – $484.94
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $131.40 $81.33 – $368.04
UPMC Altoona Altoona $180.60 $57.19 – $299.94
UPMC Bedford Everett $128.40 $40.66 – $299.94
UPMC Cole Coudersport $108.00 $34.20 – $144.00
UPMC East Monroeville $47.40 $15.01 – $299.94

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