Arformoterol non-comp unit 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

$32.40

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.

$40.50

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.

$0.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $49.74 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.

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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 $0.45 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.71 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.71 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.71 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $0.79 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.87 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2.69 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $9.85 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.06 ↓ -66%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $13.88 ↓ -57%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $15.08 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $15.20 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $15.40 ↓ -52%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $15.40 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial $16.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna EBR ASO $16.00 ↓ -51%
InterGroup PPO $20.00 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.00 ↓ -38%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $24.00 ↓ -26%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $28.00 ↓ -14%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $32.00 ↓ -1%
SelectCare Commercial $32.00 ↓ -1%
Humana Commercial $34.00 ↑ +5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $36.85 ↑ +14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $37.14 ↑ +15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $49.35 ↑ +52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $49.74 ↑ +54%

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Arformoterol non-comp unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $25.00 $0.45 – $24.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $20.20 $0.45 – $27.06
UPMC East Monroeville $28.60 $0.45 – $28.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $30.20 $0.45 – $6.32
UPMC Northwest Seneca $28.60 $0.45 – $25.33
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $27.20 $0.45 – $24.87
UPMC Jameson New Castle $27.20 $0.45 – $9.93
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $24.00 $0.45 – $9.85

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