Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$2,467.80
Cash price 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.
$4,113.00
Gross charge 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.
$451.26 with UPMC Health Plan vs $25,829.24 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $451.26 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $451.26 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $533.31 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $608.39 | ↓ -75% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $638.62 | ↓ -74% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $649.16 | ↓ -74% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $699.13 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,439.55 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,480.68 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,604.07 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,612.30 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,645.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,645.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,645.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,645.20 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,789.15 | ↓ -28% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $2,056.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,879.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $3,290.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3,496.05 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $3,496.05 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $3,783.96 | ↑ +53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $4,213.16 | ↑ +71% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $8,469.31 | ↑ +243% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $12,857.93 | ↑ +421% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $14,132.31 | ↑ +473% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $16,022.21 | ↑ +549% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $17,219.49 | ↑ +598% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $17,561.27 | ↑ +612% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $17,975.56 | ↑ +628% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $18,487.43 | ↑ +649% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $18,489.15 | ↑ +649% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $18,489.15 | ↑ +649% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $18,831.54 | ↑ +663% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $18,926.31 | ↑ +667% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $25,829.24 | ↑ +947% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $4,405.80 | $451.26 – $18,831.54 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $14,054.40 | $451.26 – $18,831.54 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3,649.80 | $451.26 – $18,831.54 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $24,300.00 | $521.00 – $34,425.00 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $24,300.00 | $521.00 – $34,425.00 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $4,951.20 | $451.26 – $17,975.56 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $2,865.60 | $451.26 – $24,899.21 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $24,300.00 | $521.00 – $27,446.48 |