Dna gardnerella 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

$186.60

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.

$311.00

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.

$17.64 with UPMC Health Plan vs $264.35 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 $17.64 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $17.64 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $18.58 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.82 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $20.05 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $20.57 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $21.05 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $21.65 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $21.65 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $21.65 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $22.05 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.79 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.04 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $27.34 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $43.30 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $52.00 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $90.30 ↓ -52%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $107.92 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $117.25 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $118.18 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $119.73 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $119.73 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $120.93 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $124.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $124.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $153.33 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $155.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $186.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $196.03 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $217.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $248.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $248.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $262.54 ↑ +41%
Humana Commercial $264.35 ↑ +42%

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Dna gardnerella at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $255.60 $16.04 – $340.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $370.20 $7.23 – $555.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $112.20 $16.04 – $158.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $112.20 $16.04 – $158.95
UPMC East Monroeville $203.40 $16.04 – $271.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $268.20 $16.04 – $51.51
UPMC Northwest Seneca $175.80 $17.64 – $21.65
UPMC Hanover Hanover $112.20 $16.04 – $32.08

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