Vein x-ray liver w/hemodynam 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

$2,950.20

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.

$4,917.00

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.

$212.66 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,523.64 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $212.66 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $212.66 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $251.33 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $286.71 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $300.96 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $305.93 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $329.47 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $571.01 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $629.66 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,354.60 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,770.12 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,821.67 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $1,917.63 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,927.46 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,961.62 ↓ -34%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,966.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,966.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,966.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,966.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,112.09 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,439.55 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $2,458.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,808.41 ↓ -5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,828.55 ↓ -4%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,078.18 ↑ +4%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,150.80 ↑ +7%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.52 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,240.82 ↑ +10%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,240.82 ↑ +10%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,441.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,659.34 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3,933.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,179.45 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $4,179.45 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $4,523.64 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Vein x-ray liver w/hemodynam at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $18,946.80 $151.80 – $3,300.84
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,906.40 $165.72 – $8,367.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,906.40 $165.72 – $8,367.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,766.60 $212.66 – $4,114.32
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,906.40 $165.72 – $4,810.90
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,906.40 $165.72 – $4,836.88
UPMC Memorial York $5,906.40 $165.72 – $4,829.02
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,906.40 $145.47 – $3,000.76

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