Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout 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

$175.20

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.

$292.00

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.

$13.36 with UPMC Health Plan vs $248.20 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 $13.36 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.24 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14.41 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $14.78 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.13 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.56 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.56 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.56 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $15.85 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $21.91 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $21.91 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.54 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $30.60 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.10 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $33.95 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $40.33 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $70.03 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $93.79 ↓ -46%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $101.32 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $108.36 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $110.08 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $110.96 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $112.42 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $112.42 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $116.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $116.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $146.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $152.03 ↓ -13%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $175.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $203.61 ↑ +16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $204.40 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $233.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $233.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $248.20 ↑ +42%

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Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $216.00 $14.24 – $288.00
UPMC East Monroeville $150.00 $14.24 – $200.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $281.40 $14.24 – $39.95
UPMC Northwest Seneca $136.20 $13.07 – $22.91
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $147.60 $12.90 – $27.69
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $146.40 $13.49 – $40.33
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $105.00 $12.01 – $39.95
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $138.60 $13.39 – $40.33

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