Ghs IV inf sq injection, on-body injector at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$191.40
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.
$319.00
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.
$19.78 with Aetna vs $271.15 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.
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 | Medicare | $19.78 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $19.79 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $19.79 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $22.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $26.68 | ↓ -86% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $28.08 | ↓ -85% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $30.66 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $53.54 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $83.24 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $83.90 | ↓ -56% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $110.26 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $110.69 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $111.48 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $112.37 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $120.26 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $121.22 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $122.81 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $122.81 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $127.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $127.60 | ↓ -33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $159.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $159.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $191.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $223.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $255.20 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $255.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $271.15 | ↑ +42% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Ghs IV inf sq injection, on-body injector at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $124.20 | $17.99 – $165.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $108.00 | $22.85 – $153.00 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $145.20 | $18.89 – $193.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $108.00 | $22.85 – $153.00 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $96.60 | $19.79 – $49.79 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $145.80 | $19.79 – $46.19 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $108.00 | $22.85 – $70.53 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $138.60 | $18.89 – $56.18 |