Ultrasound prostate/transrectal 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

$811.80

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.

$1,353.00

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.

$94.88 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,244.76 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 Medicare $94.88 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $95.40 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $95.40 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $104.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $106.45 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $109.49 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $109.49 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $109.89 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $111.52 ↓ -86%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $112.75 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $128.62 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $135.01 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $137.24 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $147.81 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $236.96 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $267.08 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $317.92 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $335.05 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $368.60 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $425.75 ↓ -48%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $487.08 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $493.64 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $527.67 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $530.38 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $541.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $541.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $541.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $541.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $638.63 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $676.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $947.10 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,082.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,150.05 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,150.05 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,244.76 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ultrasound prostate/transrectal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $829.20 $84.51 – $240.79
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,384.20 $94.21 – $275.53
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,914.00 $64.98 – $279.99
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $649.80 $87.53 – $236.96
UPMC Altoona Altoona $723.60 $54.15 – $964.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $394.20 $70.94 – $558.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $301.80 $91.07 – $402.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $394.20 $37.40 – $335.05

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