Heart image spect 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

$1,510.80

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.

$2,518.00

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.

$251.04 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $2,140.30 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $251.04 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $251.04 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $284.14 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $338.45 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $355.10 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $356.27 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $388.93 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $392.98 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $402.25 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $409.07 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $413.75 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $413.75 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $413.75 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $421.41 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $544.17 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $594.70 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $796.45 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $873.75 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $897.85 ↓ -41%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $949.29 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $956.84 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $969.43 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $969.43 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $1,007.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,007.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,071.22 ↓ -29%
InterGroup PPO $1,259.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,434.66 ↓ -5%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $1,510.80 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,762.60 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $2,014.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,014.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,140.30 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,228.80 $223.68 – $614.19
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