Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm dme 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

$360.00

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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.

$600.00

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.

$66.84 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $552.00 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $66.84 ↓ -81%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $108.00 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $131.88 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $203.73 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $203.99 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $216.00 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $224.21 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $234.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $235.20 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $240.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $240.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $240.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $240.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $273.18 ↓ -24%
InterGroup PPO $300.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $300.26 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $330.00 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $330.00 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $356.48 ↓ -1%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $390.73 ↑ +9%
Aetna of PA Medicare $399.94 ↑ +11%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $409.78 ↑ +14%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $411.33 ↑ +14%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $411.37 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Medicare $411.37 ↑ +14%
Aetna Medicare $418.99 ↑ +16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $420.00 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $480.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $510.00 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $510.00 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $552.00 ↑ +53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm dme at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $348.60 $66.21 – $418.99
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $388.20 $66.84 – $418.99
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $495.00 $32.40 – $418.99
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $238.80 $66.84 – $418.99
UPMC Altoona Altoona $369.00 $66.21 – $492.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $436.20 $131.88 – $654.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $484.80 $35.37 – $686.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $150.60 $15.25 – $70.28

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