Colonoscopy & polypectomy 44392 at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$4,000.80
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.
$6,668.00
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.
$212.64 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,667.80 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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $212.64 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $212.64 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $286.68 | ↓ -93% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $301.78 | ↓ -92% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $329.44 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $550.23 | ↓ -86% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $621.61 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $1,041.94 | ↓ -74% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,151.62 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $1,153.11 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1,175.96 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $1,180.32 | ↓ -70% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $1,214.04 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,214.04 | ↓ -70% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $1,214.04 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,236.52 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,542.31 | ↓ -61% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,732.53 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,074.38 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $2,313.80 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $2,513.84 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $2,533.84 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2,567.18 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $2,567.18 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,667.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $2,667.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,778.17 | ↓ -31% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $3,334.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $4,000.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $4,667.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $5,334.40 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $5,334.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $5,667.80 | ↑ +42% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Colonoscopy & polypectomy 44392 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $3,558.00 | $193.31 – $4,744.00 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $3,691.80 | $202.98 – $5,537.70 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $3,379.20 | $212.64 – $1,180.32 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $2,370.60 | $212.64 – $1,236.52 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,486.80 | $212.64 – $1,367.39 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $4,108.80 | $212.64 – $1,421.19 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3,114.00 | $212.64 – $1,236.52 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $3,933.60 | $212.64 – $1,144.47 |