Unlisted procedure rectum 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

$554.40

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.

$924.00

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.

$18.77 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $956.13 with Aetna — 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 $18.77 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $54.29 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $59.69 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $62.94 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $65.74 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $72.70 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $84.30 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $109.06 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $148.14 ↓ -73%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $296.28 ↓ -47%
Aetna EBR FI $320.97 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $322.62 ↓ -42%
Cigna New Business ASO $329.20 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR ASO $329.20 ↓ -41%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $329.20 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $329.20 ↓ -41%
InterGroup PPO $411.50 ↓ -26%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $452.65 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $452.65 ↓ -18%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $576.10 ↑ +4%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $658.40 ↑ +19%
Humana Commercial $699.55 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $699.55 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO $757.16 ↑ +37%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $813.49 ↑ +47%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $891.64 ↑ +61%
Aetna of PA Medicare $912.67 ↑ +65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $938.66 ↑ +69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $938.75 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare Medicare $938.75 ↑ +69%
Aetna Medicare $956.13 ↑ +72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Unlisted procedure rectum at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $532.20 $18.59 – $956.13
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $845.40 $18.77 – $956.13
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $585.00 $18.77 – $956.13
UPMC Altoona Altoona $121.80 $18.59 – $938.75
UPMC Bedford Everett $791.40 $48.62 – $1,187.10
UPMC East Monroeville $538.20 $18.77 – $938.75
UPMC Hamot Erie $515.40 $18.59 – $1,264.19
UPMC Jameson New Castle $131.40 $18.92 – $1,173.43

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