Collagen imp urinary 2.5 ml 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

$2,022.60

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.

$3,371.00

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.

$283.49 with Aetna vs $2,880.31 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $283.49 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $456.06 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $570.46 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $781.77 ↓ -61%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $842.75 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $939.32 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,169.74 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,270.87 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $1,280.98 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,297.84 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,297.84 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,348.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,348.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $1,685.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,685.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,854.05 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $2,022.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,133.56 ↑ +5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,150.65 ↑ +6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,359.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,696.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,696.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,857.48 ↑ +41%
Humana Commercial $2,865.35 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,880.31 ↑ +42%

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Collagen imp urinary 2.5 ml at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,188.20 $456.06 – $2,917.60
UPMC East Monroeville $2,143.80 $456.06 – $2,858.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,308.20 $565.08 – $781.77
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,143.80 $551.88 – $1,466.59
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $2,272.20 $283.49 – $781.77
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,188.20 $781.77 – $836.31
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,409.00 $570.46 – $909.03
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,188.20 $781.77 – $863.58

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