Cyclosporine 2 hour 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

$119.40

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.

$199.00

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.

$16.73 with UPMC Health Plan vs $177.84 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $16.73 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.84 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.05 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $18.52 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $18.80 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.80 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $18.95 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.49 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.49 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $19.49 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $19.86 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.34 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.68 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $29.12 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $30.69 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $35.22 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $61.16 ↓ -49%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $69.05 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $75.02 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $75.62 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $76.61 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $76.61 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $79.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $79.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $81.92 ↓ -31%
InterGroup PPO $99.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $108.70 ↓ -9%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $119.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $132.79 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $139.30 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $159.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $159.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $169.15 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $177.84 ↑ +49%

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Cyclosporine 2 hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $126.00 $17.09 – $168.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $6.51 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $119.40 $17.09 – $169.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $123.00 $11.73 – $164.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $119.40 $17.09 – $169.15
UPMC East Monroeville $269.40 $17.09 – $359.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $180.00 $17.09 – $34.89
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.00 $16.37 – $19.65

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