Genome sequence analysis at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$4,439.40
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.
$7,399.00
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.
$2,567.45 with Aetna vs $15,662.06 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.
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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| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $2,567.45 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,589.65 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $2,789.42 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $2,811.62 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2,848.61 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $2,848.61 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $2,959.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,959.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $3,101.93 | ↓ -30% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $3,699.50 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $4,069.45 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $4,157.50 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $4,439.40 | ↑ +0% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $4,663.42 | ↑ +5% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $4,972.44 | ↑ +12% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $5,031.20 | ↑ +13% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $5,161.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $5,179.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $5,282.76 | ↑ +19% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $5,386.60 | ↑ +21% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $5,433.70 | ↑ +22% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $5,433.70 | ↑ +22% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $5,433.70 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $5,534.32 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $5,919.20 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $5,919.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $6,289.15 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $7,214.20 | ↑ +63% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $11,694.43 | ↑ +163% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $15,662.06 | ↑ +253% |
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Genome sequence analysis at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $4,397.40 | $2,565.15 – $5,863.20 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $4,439.40 | $2,441.67 – $5,919.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $4,439.40 | $3,072.67 – $5,433.70 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $4,439.40 | $4,562.80 – $5,433.70 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $4,439.40 | $4,504.43 – $5,433.70 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $4,439.40 | $3,126.89 – $5,433.70 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $4,439.40 | $3,101.93 – $5,534.32 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $4,439.40 | $3,072.67 – $5,534.32 |