Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without 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

$189.60

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.

$316.00

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.

$79.00 with Aetna vs $2,206.90 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
Aetna Medicare $79.00 ↓ -58%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $109.65 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $119.13 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $120.08 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $121.66 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $121.66 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $126.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $126.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $158.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $158.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $173.80 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $189.60 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $221.20 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $252.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $252.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $268.60 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $316.87 ↑ +67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,071.50 ↑ +465%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,185.11 ↑ +525%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,194.60 ↑ +530%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,587.22 ↑ +737%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,599.90 ↑ +744%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,206.90 ↑ +1064%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $170.40 $53.96 – $1,071.50
UPMC Bedford Everett $189.00 $59.85 – $1,071.50
UPMC East Monroeville $68.40 $21.66 – $1,071.50
UPMC Hamot Erie $645.00 $313.88 – $313.88
UPMC Northwest Seneca $642.00 $814.63 – $1,296.62
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $189.00 $799.94 – $1,071.50
UPMC Jameson New Castle $189.00 $128.89 – $1,071.50
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $187.20 $141.78 – $1,071.50

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