Endo cholangiopancreatograph 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

$3,237.00

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.

$5,395.00

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.

$736.75 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $4,585.75 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 $736.75 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $830.88 ↓ -74%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,135.94 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,542.02 ↓ -52%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,872.07 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,033.91 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $2,050.10 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,065.14 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,077.07 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,077.07 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,158.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,158.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,315.82 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $2,697.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,777.59 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,967.25 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $3,237.00 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,362.01 ↑ +4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,719.96 ↑ +15%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,720.74 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,776.50 ↑ +17%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,808.52 ↑ +18%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,917.33 ↑ +21%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,917.33 ↑ +21%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,917.33 ↑ +21%
Aetna Medicare $3,989.88 ↑ +23%
SelectCare Commercial $4,316.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,316.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $4,585.75 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Endo cholangiopancreatograph at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,517.80 $729.80 – $4,690.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,015.20 $469.02 – $1,353.60
UPMC East Monroeville $3,516.60 $736.75 – $4,688.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,144.80 $729.80 – $5,275.45
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,626.80 $742.68 – $4,896.67
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,077.60 $736.75 – $3,989.88
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,282.20 $596.00 – $3,989.88
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,784.00 $736.75 – $3,989.88

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