App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f >100sq cm addl 100sq cm at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$2,836.80
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.
$4,728.00
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.
$54.23 with Aetna vs $4,018.80 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 | $54.23 | ↓ -98% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $116.15 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $589.95 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,234.77 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,640.62 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,653.66 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,654.80 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,782.46 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,796.64 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,820.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,820.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,891.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,891.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,224.15 | ↓ -22% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $2,364.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2,364.00 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $2,600.40 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,656.66 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $2,836.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,978.75 | ↑ +5% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,309.60 | ↑ +17% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $3,782.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $3,782.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $4,018.80 | ↑ +42% |
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App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f >100sq cm addl 100sq cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $2,895.60 | $56.51 – $4,102.10 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $84.60 | $39.09 – $1,041.88 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $3,239.40 | $116.15 – $584.39 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $2,895.60 | $56.51 – $121.55 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $2,895.60 | $49.30 – $121.55 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3,272.40 | $116.15 – $589.95 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,830.40 | $55.22 – $116.15 |
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $313.50 | $43.24 – $98.93 |