Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit 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

$394.80

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.

$658.00

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.

$33.00 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,001.49 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.

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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 $33.00 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $33.00 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $44.49 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $46.83 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $51.13 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $74.49 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $82.43 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $84.38 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $86.79 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $86.79 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $86.79 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $88.40 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $99.15 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $146.41 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $172.18 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $228.33 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $230.60 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $248.07 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $250.04 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $253.33 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $253.33 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $263.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $263.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $329.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $373.82 ↓ -5%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $394.80 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $460.60 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $486.25 ↑ +23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $500.64 ↑ +27%
SelectCare Commercial $526.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $526.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $559.30 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,001.49 ↑ +154%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $351.60 $30.00 – $468.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $120.00 $27.40 – $170.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $337.80 $31.50 – $450.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $120.00 $38.10 – $486.25
UPMC East Monroeville $338.40 $33.00 – $451.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $282.60 $33.00 – $146.41
UPMC Northwest Seneca $229.20 $33.00 – $146.41
UPMC Hanover Hanover $120.00 $38.10 – $153.22

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