Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr 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

$1,126.20

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.

$1,877.00

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.

$117.28 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,595.45 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $117.28 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $132.00 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $132.00 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $177.96 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $187.33 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $204.50 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $306.34 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $410.29 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $442.16 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $468.88 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $518.91 ↓ -54%
Aetna of PA Medicare $531.15 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $546.33 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $546.33 ↓ -51%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $546.33 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare $556.45 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $592.17 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $651.32 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $702.07 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $707.63 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $713.26 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $722.64 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $722.64 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $750.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $750.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $938.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $1,126.20 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,313.90 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,446.01 ↑ +28%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,501.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,501.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,595.45 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,065.60 $116.17 – $1,420.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,773.60 $152.40 – $2,512.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,773.60 $152.40 – $2,512.60
UPMC East Monroeville $1,126.20 $117.28 – $1,501.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,178.40 $116.17 – $720.95
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,126.20 $132.00 – $531.15
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,773.60 $152.40 – $811.01
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,773.60 $152.40 – $815.39

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