Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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

$245.40

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.

$409.00

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.

$20.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $289.80 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 Medicare $20.55 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $21.70 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $22.53 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $23.06 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $23.71 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $23.72 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $23.72 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $24.16 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $33.38 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $33.38 ↓ -86%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $39.45 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $45.01 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $47.25 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $48.03 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $51.72 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $53.03 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $60.25 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $95.78 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $113.40 ↓ -54%
Aetna EBR FI $122.85 ↓ -50%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $123.48 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $126.00 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial $126.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $126.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna EBR ASO $126.00 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $128.27 ↓ -48%
InterGroup PPO $157.50 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $182.17 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $192.41 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $202.11 ↓ -18%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $220.50 ↓ -10%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $252.00 ↑ +3%
Humana Commercial $267.75 ↑ +9%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $267.75 ↑ +9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $270.67 ↑ +10%
Multiplan PPO $289.80 ↑ +18%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $235.20 $18.31 – $59.69
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $386.40 $20.41 – $60.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $335.40 $21.70 – $60.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $677.40 $18.96 – $60.25
UPMC Altoona Altoona $150.60 $21.70 – $200.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $133.20 $7.92 – $199.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $112.20 $21.74 – $158.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $112.20 $21.74 – $182.17

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