External recharg sys intern at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$3,688.20
Cash price 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.
$6,147.00
Gross charge 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.
$57.56 with UPMC Work Partners vs $16,760.26 with UPMC Health Plan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $57.56 | ↓ -98% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $61.44 | ↓ -98% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $229.78 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $231.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $307.74 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $310.20 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,096.29 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $1,536.75 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $2,133.01 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $2,317.42 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $2,335.86 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2,366.59 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $2,366.59 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $2,458.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,458.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3,073.50 | ↓ -17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $3,073.50 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $3,380.85 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $3,688.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $4,302.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $4,917.60 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $4,917.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $5,224.95 | ↑ +42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $8,137.53 | ↑ +121% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $16,760.26 | ↑ +354% |
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External recharg sys intern at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $3,349.80 | $57.56 – $8,137.53 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $4,392.60 | $57.56 – $8,137.53 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $4,144.20 | $57.56 – $6,425.74 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $4,167.60 | $57.56 – $61.58 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $6,835.20 | $57.56 – $11,808.57 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3,816.00 | $57.56 – $9,985.33 |