Cytarabine 20 mg/ml injection solution 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

$85.20

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.

$142.00

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.

$0.52 with UPMC Health Plan vs $120.70 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 $0.52 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.83 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.83 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.83 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $0.92 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.02 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.13 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $27.02 ↓ -68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $39.26 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $49.27 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $52.78 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $53.20 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $53.53 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $53.96 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $54.67 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $54.67 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $56.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $56.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $70.68 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $71.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $71.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $71.25 ↓ -16%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $85.20 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $99.40 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $113.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $113.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $120.70 ↑ +42%

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Cytarabine 20 mg/ml injection solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $87.00 $0.52 – $26.77
UPMC East Monroeville $320.40 $0.52 – $80.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $189.00 $0.52 – $2.64
UPMC Northwest Seneca $66.20 $0.52 – $36.28
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $799.20 $0.52 – $27.02
UPMC Muncy Muncy $70.80 $0.83 – $0.91
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $112.20 $0.52 – $27.02
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $320.40 $0.52 – $27.02

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