B-hexosaminidase ea assay 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

$190.80

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.

$318.00

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.

$15.64 with UPMC Health Plan vs $270.30 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 Medicare $15.64 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.67 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $16.87 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $17.31 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.71 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.22 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.22 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.22 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $18.56 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $39.12 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $45.20 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $78.50 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $105.13 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $110.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $119.89 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $120.84 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $122.43 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $122.43 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $127.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $127.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $138.54 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $159.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $170.42 ↓ -11%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $174.90 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $190.80 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $222.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $228.25 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $254.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $254.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $270.30 ↑ +42%

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B-hexosaminidase ea assay at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $265.20 $16.67 – $353.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $276.00 $6.09 – $414.00
UPMC East Monroeville $216.00 $16.67 – $288.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $236.40 $16.67 – $44.78
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $195.60 $15.10 – $31.66
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $197.40 $15.79 – $45.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $154.80 $14.06 – $44.78
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $197.40 $15.68 – $45.20

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