Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization 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

$543.60

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.

$906.00

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.

$1.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $770.10 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.

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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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.45 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2.29 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2.29 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.29 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $2.55 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2.82 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4.69 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $140.34 ↓ -74%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $250.51 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $266.27 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $268.41 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $314.38 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $341.56 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $344.28 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $348.81 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $348.81 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $356.62 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $359.47 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $362.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $362.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $453.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $453.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $543.60 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $634.20 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $724.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $724.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $770.10 ↑ +42%

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Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $446.40 $1.45 – $446.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $12.00 $0.55 – $2.29
UPMC East Monroeville $781.80 $1.45 – $1,042.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $565.60 $1.45 – $11.01
UPMC Northwest Seneca $700.00 $1.45 – $183.03
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $592.80 $1.45 – $179.73
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $749.40 $1.45 – $140.34
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $556.00 $1.45 – $139.02

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