Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige 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

$63.00

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.

$105.00

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.

$14.17 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $98.62 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $14.17 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $16.62 ↓ -74%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.72 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $17.93 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $18.39 ↓ -71%
Aetna of PA Medicare $18.83 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.36 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $19.36 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.36 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $19.48 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.48 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare $19.72 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $24.60 ↓ -61%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.26 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $27.65 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $30.18 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $32.95 ↓ -48%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $36.44 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $39.59 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $39.90 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $40.42 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $40.42 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $42.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $42.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $49.31 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $52.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $53.41 ↓ -15%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $63.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $71.53 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $73.50 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $84.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $84.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $89.25 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $98.62 ↑ +57%

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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $39.00 $14.03 – $52.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $66.60 $6.47 – $99.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $100.20 $11.81 – $141.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $100.20 $17.71 – $141.95
UPMC East Monroeville $110.40 $14.17 – $147.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $179.40 $14.03 – $24.62
UPMC Northwest Seneca $39.00 $16.26 – $20.37
UPMC Hanover Hanover $100.20 $11.81 – $28.69

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