Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) 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

$49.20

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.

$82.00

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.

$6.93 with UPMC Health Plan vs $69.70 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 $6.93 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $7.39 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $7.48 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $7.67 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $7.85 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7.91 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $8.08 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $8.08 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.08 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $8.23 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.86 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.49 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.45 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $13.63 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $23.36 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $28.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $28.45 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $30.91 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $31.16 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $31.29 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $31.57 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $31.57 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $32.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $32.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $41.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $49.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $50.72 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $57.40 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $65.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $65.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $67.93 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $69.70 ↑ +42%

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Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $69.60 $7.39 – $92.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $86.40 $2.70 – $129.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $42.00 $7.03 – $59.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $42.00 $7.41 – $53.55
UPMC East Monroeville $102.60 $7.39 – $136.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $84.60 $7.39 – $13.33
UPMC Northwest Seneca $34.80 $6.78 – $9.20
UPMC Hanover Hanover $42.00 $7.03 – $11.97

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