Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count 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

$867.00

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,445.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$116.32 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,228.25 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $116.32 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $124.02 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $125.49 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $128.73 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $131.76 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $135.53 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $135.53 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $135.53 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $138.04 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $189.47 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $189.47 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $196.75 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $243.18 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $255.45 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $268.90 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $293.55 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $422.28 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $501.42 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $544.76 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $549.10 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $556.33 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $556.33 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $565.56 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $578.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $578.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $696.75 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $722.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $867.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $916.78 ↑ +6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,011.50 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,156.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,156.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,227.83 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,228.25 ↑ +42%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $612.60 $124.02 – $816.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $537.60 $45.28 – $806.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $897.60 $124.24 – $1,271.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $821.40 $53.00 – $751.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $897.60 $124.24 – $1,271.60
UPMC East Monroeville $2,481.00 $124.02 – $3,308.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $939.60 $124.02 – $240.88
UPMC Northwest Seneca $817.80 $113.81 – $198.09

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →