Coombs indirect titer reference 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

$53.40

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.

$89.00

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.

$4.80 with UPMC Health Plan vs $75.65 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 Medicare $4.80 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.12 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5.18 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $5.31 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5.44 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5.59 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5.59 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.59 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $5.70 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.87 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $7.87 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8.62 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.60 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.16 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $12.19 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $14.19 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $24.64 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $30.52 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $30.88 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $32.99 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $33.55 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $33.82 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $34.27 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $34.27 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $35.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $35.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $44.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $53.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $53.48 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $62.30 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $71.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $71.20 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $71.63 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial $75.65 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Coombs indirect titer reference at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $217.20 $5.12 – $289.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $111.60 $1.87 – $167.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $203.40 $5.13 – $288.15
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $203.40 $5.13 – $288.15
UPMC East Monroeville $108.60 $5.12 – $144.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $235.20 $5.12 – $213.04
UPMC Northwest Seneca $67.20 $4.70 – $8.22
UPMC Hanover Hanover $203.40 $5.13 – $9.74

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