Estrogens total-sendout 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

$189.00

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.

$315.00

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.

$15.31 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $298.17 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $15.31 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.31 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $20.11 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $20.64 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $21.45 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.70 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.73 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $22.26 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $22.79 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $23.44 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $23.44 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $23.44 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $23.72 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $23.87 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $45.60 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $59.05 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $102.55 ↓ -46%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $109.31 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $118.75 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $119.70 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $121.28 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $121.28 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $126.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $126.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $137.34 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $157.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $161.50 ↓ -15%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $189.00 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $220.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $222.63 ↑ +18%
SelectCare Commercial $252.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $252.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $267.75 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $298.17 ↑ +58%

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Estrogens total-sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $111.00 $13.92 – $148.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $392.40 $7.83 – $588.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $110.40 $13.92 – $156.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $204.60 $14.11 – $272.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $110.40 $13.92 – $161.50
UPMC East Monroeville $451.80 $13.92 – $602.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $300.60 $13.92 – $58.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $292.80 $15.31 – $23.44

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