Chlnggrphy intraop addl s&i at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$243.00
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.
$405.00
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.
$27.72 with Aetna vs $344.25 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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| Aetna | Medicare | $27.72 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $46.91 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $70.83 | ↓ -71% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $98.19 | ↓ -60% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $101.21 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $131.50 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $140.53 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $152.69 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $153.90 | ↓ -37% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $155.46 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $155.93 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $155.93 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $162.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $162.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $176.86 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $202.50 | ↓ -17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $202.50 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $222.75 | ↓ -8% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $236.87 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $243.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $283.50 | ↑ +17% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $324.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $324.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $344.25 | ↑ +42% |
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Chlnggrphy intraop addl s&i at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $134.40 | $30.69 – $190.40 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $134.40 | $44.80 – $204.31 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $134.40 | $98.53 – $155.46 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $27.60 | $92.81 – $159.04 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $134.40 | $25.20 – $155.46 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $235.20 | $27.72 – $123.92 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $134.40 | $25.20 – $221.37 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $228.60 | $46.47 – $102.88 |