Susceptibility mic per plate 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

$59.40

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.

$99.00

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.

$8.10 with UPMC Health Plan vs $91.08 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 $8.10 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.55 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $8.87 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $9.08 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $9.34 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $9.34 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $9.34 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $9.52 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $10.40 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $11.46 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.86 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.45 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.66 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $13.63 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $16.87 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $26.82 ↓ -55%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $35.64 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $35.91 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $38.61 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $38.81 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $39.37 ↓ -34%
Cigna New Business ASO $39.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $39.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $39.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $39.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $49.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $53.87 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $56.59 ↓ -5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $69.30 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $75.78 ↑ +28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $79.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $84.15 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $84.15 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $91.08 ↑ +53%

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Susceptibility mic per plate at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $96.00 $7.21 – $16.71
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $168.60 $8.04 – $16.87
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $88.20 $8.00 – $16.87
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $74.40 $7.47 – $16.87
UPMC Altoona Altoona $85.20 $8.00 – $113.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $3.12 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $48.60 $7.03 – $68.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $61.20 $5.62 – $81.60

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