Unlisted px tongue flr mouth 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

$104.40

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.

$174.00

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 $243.53 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 ↓ -82%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $31.32 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $42.76 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $47.10 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $54.29 ↓ -48%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $62.64 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $62.94 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $67.86 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $68.21 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $69.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $69.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $69.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $69.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $72.70 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $84.30 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $87.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $95.70 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $95.70 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $109.06 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $121.80 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $139.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $147.90 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $147.90 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $160.08 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $207.20 ↑ +98%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $227.10 ↑ +118%
Aetna of PA Medicare $232.46 ↑ +123%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $239.08 ↑ +129%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $239.10 ↑ +129%
United Healthcare Medicare $239.10 ↑ +129%
Aetna Medicare $243.53 ↑ +133%
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 tongue flr mouth at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $86.40 $18.59 – $243.53
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $103.20 $18.77 – $243.53
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $370.80 $18.77 – $243.53
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $286.80 $18.77 – $243.53
UPMC East Monroeville $93.60 $18.77 – $239.10
UPMC Hamot Erie $117.00 $18.59 – $322.01
UPMC Northwest Seneca $118.20 $33.94 – $239.10
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $272.00 $229.57 – $534.90

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