Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique 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

$282.00

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.

$470.00

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.

$23.10 with UPMC Health Plan vs $399.50 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 $23.10 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.14 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $32.78 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $35.79 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $59.22 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $69.81 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $95.54 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $121.22 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $151.43 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $162.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $163.09 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $163.37 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $167.58 ↓ -41%
Aetna of PA Medicare $171.54 ↓ -39%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.44 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $176.44 ↓ -37%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.44 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $177.19 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $178.60 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare $179.71 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $180.95 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $180.95 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $188.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $188.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $209.72 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $235.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $263.17 ↓ -7%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $282.00 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $329.00 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $352.46 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $376.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $376.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $399.50 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $135.60 $21.00 – $180.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $186.00 $21.00 – $279.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $203.40 $21.00 – $288.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $240.60 $22.05 – $320.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $203.40 $21.00 – $288.15
UPMC East Monroeville $536.40 $21.00 – $715.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $192.00 $21.00 – $213.04
UPMC Northwest Seneca $179.40 $23.10 – $171.54

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