Veeg ea 12-26hr cont mntr at UPMC Magee
300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508
$2,109.60
Cash price 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.
$3,516.00
Gross charge 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.
$907.79 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,991.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $907.79 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $977.36 | ↓ -54% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $994.98 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $1,018.46 | ↓ -52% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,047.46 | ↓ -50% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $1,047.56 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $1,047.56 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,066.96 | ↓ -49% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $1,100.00 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $1,100.00 | ↓ -48% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,230.60 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,265.76 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $1,300.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,371.24 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,378.27 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,406.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,406.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,406.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,406.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $1,483.00 | ↓ -30% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,529.46 | ↓ -28% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $1,556.70 | ↓ -26% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $1,582.40 | ↓ -25% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $1,704.20 | ↓ -19% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,758.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,461.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $2,812.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,982.75 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Commercial | $2,988.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2,988.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $3,234.72 | ↑ +53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $3,278.38 | ↑ +55% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,994.53 | ↑ +89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $4,390.47 | ↑ +108% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $5,991.80 | ↑ +184% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Veeg ea 12-26hr cont mntr at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $2,109.60 | $808.56 – $1,150.00 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $2,109.60 | $901.38 – $1,150.00 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $2,811.60 | $977.36 – $1,556.70 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,992.60 | $968.14 – $2,656.80 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $2,109.60 | $972.58 – $2,812.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $2,205.60 | $968.14 – $1,508.00 |
| WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital | Chambersburg | $2,765.60 | $1,051.88 – $4,679.08 |