Tte w or without contr, cont ecg 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

$2,451.60

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.

$4,086.00

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.

$436.57 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,759.12 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $436.57 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $704.95 ↓ -71%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $735.48 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $772.66 ↓ -68%
Aetna of PA Medicare $790.89 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $813.41 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $813.49 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare $813.49 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $828.55 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,332.34 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,464.39 ↓ -40%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,470.96 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $1,593.54 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,601.71 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $1,634.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,634.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,634.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,634.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,784.29 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,961.15 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,025.80 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $2,043.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,247.30 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,247.30 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,676.43 ↑ +9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,860.20 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,129.54 ↑ +28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3,268.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $3,473.10 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,473.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $3,759.12 ↑ +53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Tte w or without contr, cont ecg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,973.40 $432.45 – $828.55
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,775.00 $436.57 – $828.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,415.80 $436.57 – $3,275.36
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,577.00 $436.57 – $828.55
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,977.00 $432.45 – $2,636.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,876.20 $271.77 – $2,814.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,905.60 $591.94 – $2,699.60
UPMC East Monroeville $2,577.00 $436.57 – $3,436.00

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