Tx open dstl phlngl fx f/t internal fixation ea 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

$4,878.60

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$8,131.00

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.

$195.80 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7,480.52 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 Medicaid $195.80 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $195.80 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $231.40 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $263.97 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $277.09 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $281.67 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $303.35 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $833.15 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,040.78 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,023.63 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,895.07 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,927.16 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,011.09 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $3,171.09 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,173.16 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3,187.35 ↓ -35%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,248.02 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,252.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,252.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3,252.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3,252.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,268.44 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,340.51 ↓ -32%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,340.82 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,340.82 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare $3,402.68 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,491.13 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,032.40 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $4,065.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,675.39 ↓ -4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,691.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $6,048.63 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $6,504.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,911.35 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,911.35 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $7,480.52 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Tx open dstl phlngl fx f/t internal fixation ea at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,558.80 $195.80 – $3,402.68
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,728.20 $195.80 – $3,402.68
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $7,773.00 $195.80 – $3,402.68
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $5,007.60 $195.80 – $3,402.68
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,150.20 $226.06 – $5,879.45
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,150.20 $226.06 – $5,879.45
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,670.80 $195.80 – $4,499.05
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,734.80 $195.80 – $3,248.02

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