Vaccine polio (ipv) subcutaneous/im 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

$40.20

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.

$67.00

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.

$9.53 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $65.14 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $9.53 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $13.00 ↓ -68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.69 ↓ -63%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.83 ↓ -63%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.57 ↓ -61%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.82 ↓ -61%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $17.04 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $19.99 ↓ -50%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $23.04 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR FI $24.96 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $25.09 ↓ -38%
Cigna New Business ASO $25.60 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $25.60 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $25.60 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $25.60 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $30.88 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $31.98 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $32.00 ↓ -20%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $32.00 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $32.42 ↓ -19%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $42.82 ↑ +7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $43.42 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $44.80 ↑ +11%
Aetna Medicare $45.46 ↑ +13%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $51.20 ↑ +27%
Humana Commercial $54.40 ↑ +35%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $54.40 ↑ +35%
Multiplan PPO $58.88 ↑ +46%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $65.14 ↑ +62%

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Vaccine polio (ipv) subcutaneous/im at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $51.20 $9.44 – $17.04
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $40.20 $9.53 – $17.04
UPMC Altoona Altoona $38.40 $9.44 – $160.59
UPMC Northwest Seneca $38.40 $11.00 – $24.51
UPMC Kane Kane $105.60 $11.00 – $88.32
UPMC Muncy Muncy $38.40 $11.00 – $17.04
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $40.20 $11.00 – $17.04
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $38.40 $11.00 – $17.04

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