Ghs pr without cont pulse ox 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

$257.40

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.

$429.00

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.

$26.85 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $364.65 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 $26.85 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $52.49 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $58.09 ↓ -77%
Aetna of PA Medicare $59.46 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $61.16 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $61.16 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.16 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $62.29 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $66.18 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $70.14 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $93.94 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $101.24 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $123.31 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $135.58 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $148.86 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $161.73 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $163.02 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $165.16 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $165.16 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $171.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $171.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $214.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $235.95 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $253.98 ↓ -1%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $257.40 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $300.30 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $343.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $343.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $364.65 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ghs pr without cont pulse ox at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $306.60 $26.60 – $408.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $260.40 $20.43 – $390.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $133.20 $44.40 – $188.70
UPMC Hamot Erie $250.80 $26.60 – $133.48
UPMC Hanover Hanover $133.20 $45.93 – $123.31
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $245.40 $50.70 – $66.18
UPMC Jameson New Castle $245.40 $27.07 – $70.79
UPMC Lititz Lititz $133.20 $45.93 – $123.31

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