Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 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

$1,124.40

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.

$1,874.00

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.

$60.15 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,858.30 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $60.15 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $60.15 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $66.37 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $81.09 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $85.36 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $93.19 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $322.57 ↓ -71%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $387.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $650.28 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $666.73 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $675.14 ↓ -40%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $706.50 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $712.12 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $721.49 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $721.49 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $749.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $749.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $904.18 ↓ -20%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $937.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $937.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $1,124.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,216.11 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,311.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,499.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,499.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,592.90 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,628.70 ↑ +45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,858.30 ↑ +65%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,080.80 $69.44 – $2,947.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $279.00 $39.92 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,080.80 $69.44 – $1,858.30
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,080.80 $69.44 – $2,476.51
UPMC Kane Kane $972.60 $60.15 – $644.51
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,080.80 $69.44 – $2,489.89
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,314.60 $60.15 – $1,668.28
UPMC Memorial York $2,080.80 $69.44 – $2,485.84

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