Facial Bones X-ray (1 to 2 views) 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

$424.20

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.

$707.00

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.

$30.18 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $600.95 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $30.18 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $30.18 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $40.69 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $42.84 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $43.03 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $46.01 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $46.76 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $77.81 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $83.35 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $86.12 ↓ -80%
Aetna of PA Medicare $88.15 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $90.67 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $90.67 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $90.67 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $92.34 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $96.30 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $128.97 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $152.38 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $173.47 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $232.32 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $245.33 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $266.54 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $268.66 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $272.19 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $272.19 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $282.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $282.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $353.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $424.20 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $494.90 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $565.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $565.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $600.95 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Facial Bones X-ray (1 to 2 views) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $188.40 $23.72 – $266.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $145.80 $28.81 – $194.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $188.40 $23.72 – $266.90
UPMC East Monroeville $436.20 $30.18 – $581.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $340.20 $23.94 – $118.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $288.60 $30.18 – $88.15
UPMC Hanover Hanover $188.40 $23.72 – $134.58
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $189.00 $28.81 – $90.67

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