Ghs histoplasma antigen 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

$285.60

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.

$476.00

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.

$12.28 with UPMC Health Plan vs $404.60 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.28 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.09 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13.25 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $13.59 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.91 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.31 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.31 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.31 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $14.57 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.07 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $37.08 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $64.39 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $86.24 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $95.87 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $139.79 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $165.17 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $179.45 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $180.88 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $183.26 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $183.26 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $187.22 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $190.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $190.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $238.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $261.80 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $285.60 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $333.20 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $380.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $380.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $404.60 ↑ +42%

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Ghs histoplasma antigen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $183.00 $13.09 – $244.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $222.00 $4.78 – $333.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $74.40 $7.29 – $105.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $74.40 $10.58 – $95.87
UPMC East Monroeville $284.40 $13.09 – $379.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $253.80 $13.09 – $36.73
UPMC Northwest Seneca $125.40 $12.02 – $14.31
UPMC Hanover Hanover $74.40 $10.58 – $95.87

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