Bur rotalink 2.15mm at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$3,279.60
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.
$5,466.00
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.
$531.35 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $15,760.96 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.
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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $531.35 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $578.40 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,896.70 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,987.30 | ↓ -39% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,003.22 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $2,060.68 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $2,077.08 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $2,104.41 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2,104.41 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $2,186.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,186.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $2,661.59 | ↓ -19% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,682.86 | ↓ -18% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $2,733.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2,733.00 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $3,006.30 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $3,279.60 | ↑ +0% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,826.20 | ↑ +17% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $4,372.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $4,372.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $4,646.10 | ↑ +42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $7,652.34 | ↑ +133% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $15,760.96 | ↑ +381% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Bur rotalink 2.15mm at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $10,791.00 | $526.34 – $7,652.34 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $9,807.60 | $1,123.80 – $7,652.34 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $8,553.60 | $531.35 – $7,652.34 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $44,469.00 | $526.34 – $526.34 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $9,973.80 | $525.82 – $7,652.34 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $9,807.60 | $428.99 – $7,652.34 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $7,385.40 | $526.34 – $6,042.62 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $11,618.40 | $531.35 – $11,104.51 |