Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 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

$1,463.40

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.

$2,439.00

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.

$439.02 with Aetna vs $8,227.72 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 $439.02 ↓ -70%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $878.04 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $951.21 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $956.09 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $975.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $975.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $975.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $975.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,180.62 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $1,219.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,219.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,294.03 ↓ -12%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,324.55 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,341.45 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,341.45 ↓ -8%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,362.27 ↓ -7%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,362.40 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,362.40 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare $1,387.63 ↓ -5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,707.30 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,809.25 ↑ +24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,809.25 ↑ +24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,869.01 ↑ +28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,869.01 ↑ +28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,951.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,073.15 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,073.15 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $2,243.88 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,803.63 ↑ +92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5,325.94 ↑ +264%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8,227.72 ↑ +462%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $8,257.80 $1,051.57 – $1,387.63
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $8,753.40 $1,172.29 – $1,387.63
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $9,021.00 $842.93 – $8,611.09
UPMC Altoona Altoona $6,448.80 $1,286.46 – $6,455.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $7,141.80 $1,455.91 – $1,572.38
UPMC Muncy Muncy $6,141.60 $899.12 – $899.12
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $7,799.20 $899.12 – $899.12
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $6,448.80 $899.12 – $1,362.40

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