Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$811.80
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.
$1,353.00
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.
$126.36 with Aetna vs $1,484.02 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 | $126.36 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $137.28 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $137.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $185.08 | ↓ -77% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $194.83 | ↓ -76% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $212.68 | ↓ -74% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $262.85 | ↓ -68% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $293.11 | ↓ -64% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $293.92 | ↓ -64% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $324.39 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $332.04 | ↓ -59% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $341.53 | ↓ -58% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $341.53 | ↓ -58% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $341.53 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $392.11 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $469.49 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $510.08 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $514.14 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $520.90 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $520.90 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $541.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $541.20 | ↓ -33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $676.50 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $807.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $811.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $947.10 | ↑ +17% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $1,082.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,082.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,099.28 | ↑ +35% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,108.08 | ↑ +36% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,150.05 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,472.26 | ↑ +81% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,484.02 | ↑ +83% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $402.00 | $124.80 – $536.00 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $646.80 | $114.10 – $970.20 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $608.40 | $138.92 – $861.90 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $848.40 | $131.04 – $1,131.20 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $608.40 | $158.50 – $861.90 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $1,632.60 | $137.28 – $2,176.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1,187.40 | $137.28 – $394.17 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $912.00 | $137.28 – $332.04 |