Destruction benign lesions < 14 lesions 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

$583.80

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.

$973.00

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.

$53.90 with UPMC Health Plan vs $827.05 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 $53.90 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $53.90 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $72.67 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $76.49 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $83.51 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $84.13 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $131.35 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $143.92 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $175.59 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $194.33 ↓ -67%
Aetna of PA Medicare $198.91 ↓ -66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $204.60 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $204.60 ↓ -65%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $204.60 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $208.38 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $274.93 ↓ -53%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $337.63 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $366.82 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $368.19 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $369.74 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $374.61 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $374.61 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $389.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $389.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $401.13 ↓ -31%
InterGroup PPO $486.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $495.21 ↓ -15%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $583.80 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $663.23 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $681.10 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $778.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $778.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $827.05 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Destruction benign lesions < 14 lesions at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $52.20 $43.50 – $130.12
UPMC Cole Coudersport $112.20 $24.12 – $2,325.85
UPMC East Monroeville $718.80 $53.90 – $958.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $714.00 $53.90 – $275.52
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $732.60 $53.90 – $253.13
UPMC Kane Kane $127.20 $53.90 – $471.91
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $403.20 $53.90 – $204.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $593.40 $53.90 – $208.38

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