Wbc automated 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

$213.00

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.

$355.00

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.

$1.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $23.92 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 Commercial $1.45 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2.38 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2.51 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $2.61 ↓ -99%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2.67 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2.74 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2.74 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $2.74 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $2.79 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $3.87 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $3.87 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $4.58 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4.98 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $4.99 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.22 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5.48 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $5.57 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $6.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $7.93 ↓ -96%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $9.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna EBR FI $10.14 ↓ -95%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $10.19 ↓ -95%
Cigna New Business ASO $10.40 ↓ -95%
Aetna EBR ASO $10.40 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial $10.40 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $10.40 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $10.63 ↓ -95%
InterGroup PPO $13.00 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $15.94 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $16.74 ↓ -92%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $18.20 ↓ -91%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $20.80 ↓ -90%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $22.10 ↓ -90%
Humana Commercial $22.10 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $22.42 ↓ -89%
Multiplan PPO $23.92 ↓ -89%

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