Unlisted px small intestine 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

$2,236.20

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.

$3,727.00

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 $3,428.84 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 $18.77 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $45.30 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $49.90 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $54.29 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $62.94 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $72.70 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $84.30 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $109.06 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $670.86 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $836.55 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $916.91 ↓ -59%
Aetna of PA Medicare $938.54 ↓ -58%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $965.27 ↓ -57%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $965.36 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare $965.36 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare $983.24 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,341.72 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $1,453.53 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,460.98 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,490.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,490.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,490.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,490.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $1,863.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,049.85 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,049.85 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,608.90 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,981.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $3,167.95 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,167.95 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $3,428.84 ↑ +53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Unlisted px small intestine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,511.60 $18.59 – $983.24
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,995.80 $18.77 – $983.24
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,769.00 $18.77 – $983.24
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,744.40 $18.77 – $983.24
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,283.60 $18.59 – $3,044.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $130.80 $36.90 – $965.36
UPMC East Monroeville $2,744.40 $18.77 – $3,659.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,640.60 $18.59 – $1,300.05

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