Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$121.60

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.

$152.00

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.

$5.39 with UPMC Health Plan vs $118.15 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 $5.39 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $7.92 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8.54 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $8.54 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.54 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $8.76 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $8.97 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $9.22 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $9.22 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $9.22 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $9.39 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $10.31 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10.51 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $26.03 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $38.43 ↓ -68%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $48.23 ↓ -60%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $52.40 ↓ -57%
Aetna EBR FI $52.82 ↓ -57%
Cigna New Business ASO $53.52 ↓ -56%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $53.52 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial $55.60 ↓ -54%
Aetna EBR ASO $55.60 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $57.34 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $62.60 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $63.10 ↓ -48%
InterGroup PPO $69.50 ↓ -43%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $83.40 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $83.84 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $84.51 ↓ -31%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $97.30 ↓ -20%
SelectCare Commercial $111.20 ↓ -9%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $111.20 ↓ -9%
Humana Commercial $118.15 ↓ -3%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $102.40 $5.39 – $52.12
UPMC Bedford Everett $80.80 $3.08 – $259.81
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $641.40 $4.52 – $32.36
UPMC Cole Coudersport $2,661.60 $8.54 – $384.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $641.40 $6.60 – $32.36
UPMC East Monroeville $153.60 $5.39 – $144.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $122.40 $5.39 – $59.94
UPMC Northwest Seneca $111.20 $5.39 – $109.17

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