Warde vitamin b6 (pyridoxine) 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

$276.00

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.

$460.00

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.

$26.30 with UPMC Health Plan vs $423.20 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 $26.30 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $27.77 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $28.82 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $29.50 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $30.35 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $30.35 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $30.35 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $30.91 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $42.70 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $42.70 ↓ -85%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $50.47 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $57.57 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $60.43 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $61.43 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $62.47 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.16 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $77.09 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $122.53 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $164.11 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $165.60 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $179.40 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $180.32 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $184.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $184.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $184.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $184.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $214.59 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $230.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $246.16 ↓ -11%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $258.57 ↓ -6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $322.00 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $346.29 ↑ +25%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $368.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $391.00 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $391.00 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $423.20 ↑ +53%

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Warde vitamin b6 (pyridoxine) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $298.80 $23.42 – $76.36
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $478.20 $26.11 – $77.09
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $397.80 $27.77 – $77.09
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $310.20 $24.26 – $77.09
UPMC Altoona Altoona $219.60 $27.77 – $292.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $186.00 $10.14 – $279.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $143.40 $27.82 – $203.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $264.60 $18.27 – $352.80

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