Tc-99m pentetate dtpa 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

$90.60

Cash price

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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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$151.00

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.

$27.18 with Aetna vs $304.00 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $27.18 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $30.49 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare $35.16 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $54.36 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $58.89 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $59.19 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $60.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $60.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $60.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $60.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $75.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $75.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $83.05 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $83.05 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $102.28 ↑ +13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $103.72 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $105.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $120.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $128.35 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $128.35 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $136.98 ↑ +51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $138.91 ↑ +53%
Multiplan PPO $138.92 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $196.78 ↑ +117%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $208.36 ↑ +130%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $304.00 ↑ +236%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Tc-99m pentetate dtpa at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $96.00 $30.21 – $155.39
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $122.40 $30.49 – $285.56
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $525.60 $30.49 – $318.16
UPMC Bedford Everett $64.80 $27.00 – $196.78
UPMC Cole Coudersport $61.20 $28.27 – $81.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $138.00 $23.02 – $81.13
UPMC Northwest Seneca $209.40 $78.39 – $238.13
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $173.40 $25.23 – $196.78

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