5% dextrose with potassium at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$188.00
Cash price 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.
$235.00
Gross charge 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.
$5.33 with Aetna vs $199.75 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $5.33 | ↓ -97% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $34.34 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $52.58 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $64.98 | ↓ -65% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $66.81 | ↓ -64% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $67.35 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $81.55 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $88.59 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $89.30 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $89.48 | ↓ -52% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $90.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $90.47 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $90.47 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $94.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $94.00 | ↓ -50% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $108.30 | ↓ -42% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $117.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $117.50 | ↓ -38% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $129.25 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $141.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $164.50 | ↓ -13% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $188.00 | ↑ +0% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $188.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | Commercial | $199.75 | ↑ +6% |
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5% dextrose with potassium at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1.60 | $0.74 – $52.58 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $81.60 | $25.50 – $91.80 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $204.00 | $30.50 – $204.00 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $113.60 | $5.42 – $5.42 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $94.40 | $45.93 – $63.63 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $89.60 | $45.10 – $52.58 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $52.00 | $4.85 – $52.58 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $85.20 | $5.33 – $52.58 |