Ghs clsd red med malleolus fx w manip 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

$2,046.00

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.

$3,410.00

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.

$550.23 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,898.50 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $615.38 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $877.63 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,151.62 ↓ -44%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,183.27 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,285.57 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $1,295.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,312.85 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,312.85 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,364.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,364.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,414.26 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,542.31 ↓ -25%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,565.17 ↓ -24%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,602.09 ↓ -22%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,647.86 ↓ -19%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,647.86 ↓ -19%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,647.86 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare $1,678.38 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $1,705.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,715.17 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,875.50 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $2,046.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,074.38 ↑ +1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,387.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,728.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,728.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,778.17 ↑ +36%
Humana Commercial $2,898.50 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ghs clsd red med malleolus fx w manip at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,275.20 $545.04 – $3,033.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $3,384.60 $550.51 – $5,076.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,266.80 $517.59 – $3,211.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,494.60 $346.50 – $1,000.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,266.80 $755.60 – $3,211.30
UPMC East Monroeville $2,767.80 $550.23 – $3,690.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,313.60 $545.04 – $2,219.16
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,396.00 $792.00 – $1,647.86

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