Aminocaproic acid 5 g/250 ml 0.9% nacl IV - cnr 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

$13.00

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.

$17.00

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.

$1.08 with UPMC Health Plan vs $13.60 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.08 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1.71 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.71 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $1.90 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2.11 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.42 ↓ -66%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $5.55 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5.60 ↓ -57%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $6.03 ↓ -54%
Aetna EBR FI $6.08 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $6.16 ↓ -53%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $6.16 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR ASO $6.40 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial $6.40 ↓ -51%
InterGroup PPO $8.00 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $8.00 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.00 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $8.48 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $8.48 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $8.64 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $8.64 ↓ -34%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $9.60 ↓ -26%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $11.20 ↓ -14%
SelectCare Commercial $12.80 ↓ -2%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $12.80 ↓ -2%
Humana Commercial $13.60 ↑ +5%

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Aminocaproic acid 5 g/250 ml 0.9% nacl IV - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $12.80 $1.08 – $12.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $10.20 $1.08 – $9.00
UPMC East Monroeville $10.20 $1.08 – $9.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $72.80 $1.08 – $1.71
UPMC Northwest Seneca $13.00 $1.08 – $1.71
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $13.00 $1.08 – $1.71
UPMC Jameson New Castle $13.00 $1.08 – $1.73
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $9.15 $1.08 – $1.71

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