T3 (triiodothyronine) free 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

$115.20

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.

$192.00

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.

$15.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $176.64 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 Medicare $15.85 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.74 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $17.38 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.79 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.29 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.30 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.30 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $18.63 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $25.75 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $25.75 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $29.55 ↓ -74%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $30.43 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $33.06 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $34.72 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $36.44 ↓ -68%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $37.04 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $39.90 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $52.56 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $69.12 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $70.39 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $74.88 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $75.26 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $76.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $76.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $76.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $76.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $96.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $101.53 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $105.58 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $110.91 ↓ -4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $134.40 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $148.53 ↑ +29%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $153.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $163.20 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $163.20 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $176.64 ↑ +53%

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T3 (triiodothyronine) free at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $149.40 $14.12 – $32.75
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $369.60 $15.74 – $33.06
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $349.80 $16.74 – $36.44
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $362.40 $14.63 – $36.55
UPMC Altoona Altoona $385.80 $16.74 – $514.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $83.40 $6.11 – $125.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $86.40 $16.77 – $122.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $177.60 $11.01 – $236.80

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