3d recon without postprocess indpndt at UPMC McKeesport

1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353

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

$1,285.80

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.

$2,143.00

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.

$23.50 with Aetna vs $1,821.55 with Humana — 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
Aetna Medicare $23.50 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $174.82 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $218.62 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $224.60 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $383.71 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $470.08 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $629.56 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $743.62 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $807.91 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $814.34 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $825.05 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $825.05 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $846.75 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $857.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $857.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $1,071.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,071.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,134.03 ↓ -12%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,178.65 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $1,285.80 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,500.10 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $1,714.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,714.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,821.55 ↑ +42%

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3d recon without postprocess indpndt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $493.80 $218.62 – $658.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,491.00 $218.62 – $2,236.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,242.60 $11.92 – $1,760.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $417.60 $22.83 – $556.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,242.60 $11.92 – $978.15
UPMC East Monroeville $1,272.00 $179.90 – $1,696.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $879.00 $52.31 – $222.48
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,242.60 $11.92 – $383.71

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