Magnesium at UPMC Memorial

1701 Innovation Drive, York, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1063945707

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$33.60

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.

$56.00

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.

$6.93 with UPMC Work Partners vs $48.46 with Capital Blue Cross — 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $6.93 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $6.99 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare $7.04 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicare $7.04 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $7.17 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $7.25 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $9.21 ↓ -73%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $9.24 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $9.43 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $9.50 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $9.87 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $10.48 ↓ -69%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $10.56 ↓ -69%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $10.72 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $17.44 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $22.19 ↓ -34%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $22.96 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $23.13 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $23.61 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $25.46 ↓ -24%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $26.71 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $26.88 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $26.99 ↓ -20%
Geisinger Commercial $36.67 ↑ +9%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $39.20 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $39.20 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $41.72 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $47.60 ↑ +42%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $48.46 ↑ +44%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $48.46 ↑ +44%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $48.46 ↑ +44%

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Magnesium at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $85.20 $6.62 – $113.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $41.40 $2.42 – $62.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $33.60 $6.63 – $47.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $48.60 $4.36 – $64.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $40.20 $6.63 – $47.60
UPMC East Monroeville $99.00 $6.62 – $132.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $156.60 $6.62 – $12.86
UPMC Northwest Seneca $39.00 $6.08 – $8.34

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