Cystine urine quantitative at UPMC McKeesport

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Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$130.20

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.

$217.00

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.

$21.30 with UPMC Health Plan vs $184.45 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 $21.30 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $22.71 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.98 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $23.57 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $24.13 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $24.82 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $24.82 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $24.82 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $25.28 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $25.51 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $25.51 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $29.03 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $32.73 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $34.39 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $36.20 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $39.52 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $56.83 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $75.30 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $76.11 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $81.81 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $82.46 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $83.55 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $83.55 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $86.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $86.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $102.82 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $108.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $123.38 ↓ -5%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $130.20 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $151.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $165.24 ↑ +27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $173.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $173.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $184.45 ↑ +42%

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Cystine urine quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $116.40 $22.71 – $155.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $213.00 $8.29 – $319.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $116.40 $20.56 – $164.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $116.40 $22.75 – $106.25
UPMC East Monroeville $250.20 $22.71 – $333.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $94.20 $22.71 – $32.42
UPMC Northwest Seneca $125.40 $20.84 – $26.67
UPMC Hanover Hanover $116.40 $20.56 – $36.77

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