Assay of glutathione 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

$66.60

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.

$111.00

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.

$7.42 with UPMC Health Plan vs $94.35 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 $7.42 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $7.42 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.01 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $10.54 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $11.50 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $14.32 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $14.55 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $15.12 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.27 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.45 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $15.85 ↓ -76%
Aetna of PA Medicare $16.22 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.69 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.69 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.69 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $17.00 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $26.26 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $35.18 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $38.52 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $41.85 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $42.18 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $42.73 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $42.73 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $44.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $44.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $51.52 ↓ -23%
InterGroup PPO $55.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $57.02 ↓ -14%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $66.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $76.37 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $77.70 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $88.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $88.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $94.35 ↑ +42%

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Assay of glutathione at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $77.40 $6.75 – $103.20
UPMC East Monroeville $64.80 $6.75 – $86.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $86.40 $6.75 – $16.69
UPMC Northwest Seneca $93.60 $7.42 – $16.22
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $57.00 $6.75 – $24.23
UPMC Jameson New Castle $57.00 $7.42 – $16.69
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $60.60 $7.42 – $16.69
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $54.60 $7.42 – $17.00

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