Hbot, full body chamber, 30m 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

$872.40

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.

$1,454.00

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.

$29.95 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,235.90 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 $29.95 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $48.28 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $48.28 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $65.09 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $68.52 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $74.80 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $78.23 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $104.77 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $112.91 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $121.86 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $134.86 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $138.04 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $141.99 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $141.99 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $141.99 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $144.62 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $151.22 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $196.90 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $405.53 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $504.54 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $548.16 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $552.52 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $559.79 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $559.79 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $581.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $581.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $727.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $872.40 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,017.80 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $1,163.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,163.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,235.90 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Hbot, full body chamber, 30m at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $400.20 $29.67 – $533.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $544.80 $55.74 – $771.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,031.40 $29.67 – $163.87
UPMC Northwest Seneca $430.80 $48.28 – $77.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $544.80 $55.74 – $210.78
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $872.40 $48.28 – $141.99
UPMC Jameson New Castle $872.40 $30.19 – $164.34
UPMC Lititz Lititz $544.80 $55.74 – $211.92

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