Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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

$429.60

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$716.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$38.05 with UPMC Health Plan vs $608.60 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $38.05 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $40.85 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $40.85 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $55.08 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $57.98 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $63.29 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $84.96 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $87.13 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $134.74 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $151.30 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $202.63 ↓ -53%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $248.45 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $269.93 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $272.08 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $275.66 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $275.66 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $286.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $286.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $317.88 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $328.47 ↓ -24%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $342.95 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $351.80 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $358.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna of PA Medicare $360.10 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $370.39 ↓ -14%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $370.39 ↓ -14%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $370.39 ↓ -14%
Aetna Medicare $377.25 ↓ -12%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $429.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $439.91 ↑ +2%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $501.20 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $572.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $572.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $608.60 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Flow cytometry one marker technical component at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $213.00 $37.14 – $270.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $190.20 $37.14 – $285.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $664.80 $37.14 – $941.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $248.40 $39.00 – $331.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $664.80 $37.14 – $941.80
UPMC East Monroeville $666.00 $37.06 – $888.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $209.40 $23.43 – $427.47
UPMC Northwest Seneca $288.60 $37.41 – $360.10

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →