Biopsy/soft tissue/neck or thorax 21550 at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$2,541.00
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.
$4,235.00
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.
$37.95 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,599.75 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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $37.95 | ↓ -99% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $37.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $51.16 | ↓ -98% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $53.86 | ↓ -98% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $58.79 | ↓ -98% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $237.10 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $550.23 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $614.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,151.62 | ↓ -55% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $1,431.78 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,469.55 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,542.31 | ↓ -39% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $1,584.55 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,596.60 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,609.30 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $1,621.93 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,630.47 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,630.47 | ↓ -36% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $1,668.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,668.28 | ↓ -34% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $1,668.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,694.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,694.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,699.17 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,713.54 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,074.38 | ↓ -18% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $2,117.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $2,541.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,778.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,964.50 | ↑ +17% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $3,388.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $3,388.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3,599.75 | ↑ +42% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy/soft tissue/neck or thorax 21550 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,822.80 | $34.50 – $2,430.40 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $281.40 | $36.23 – $771.51 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $2,767.80 | $37.95 – $3,690.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $2,141.40 | $37.95 – $2,246.66 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $3,198.60 | $37.95 – $1,621.93 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $1,720.20 | $37.95 – $2,085.34 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $1,345.20 | $37.95 – $1,116.59 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $1,935.00 | $37.95 – $1,668.28 |