Suscept studies macrobroth dilution ea 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

$63.00

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.

$105.00

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.

$6.21 with UPMC Health Plan vs $96.60 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 Medicare $6.21 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $6.56 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $6.60 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $6.60 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $6.81 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $6.97 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $7.17 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.17 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $7.17 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $7.30 ↓ -88%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $7.80 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $8.90 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $9.34 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $9.49 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $10.23 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $12.05 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $17.75 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $28.22 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $37.79 ↓ -40%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $37.80 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $40.95 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $41.16 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $41.38 ↓ -34%
Cigna New Business ASO $42.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $42.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $42.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $42.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $52.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $56.69 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $59.55 ↓ -5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $73.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $79.74 ↑ +27%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $84.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $89.25 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $89.25 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $96.60 ↑ +53%

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Suscept studies macrobroth dilution ea at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $72.60 $5.54 – $17.58
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $71.40 $6.17 – $17.75
UPMC Altoona Altoona $87.00 $6.00 – $116.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $114.60 $2.40 – $171.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $37.80 $6.00 – $53.55
UPMC East Monroeville $137.40 $6.00 – $183.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $88.80 $6.00 – $17.58
UPMC Northwest Seneca $115.80 $6.02 – $7.17

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