Hemodialysis one evaluation 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

$1,131.00

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.

$1,885.00

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.

$286.45 with UPMC Work Partners vs $2,359.84 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $286.45 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $370.10 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $618.33 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $654.10 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $684.31 ↓ -39%
Aetna of PA Medicare $700.46 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $710.64 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $716.30 ↓ -37%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $720.47 ↓ -36%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $720.47 ↓ -36%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $720.47 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $725.73 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $725.73 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare $733.81 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $754.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $754.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $942.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,036.75 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $1,131.00 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,145.76 ↑ +1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,319.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,384.22 ↑ +22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,395.30 ↑ +23%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,508.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,508.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,602.25 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,853.88 ↑ +64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,868.70 ↑ +65%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,359.84 ↑ +109%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,635.00 $272.47 – $2,180.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $817.20 $240.69 – $1,225.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,081.80 $216.15 – $1,532.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,081.80 $216.15 – $1,532.55
UPMC East Monroeville $1,261.20 $286.45 – $770.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,177.60 $152.56 – $831.51
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,223.40 $279.71 – $720.47
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,081.80 $216.15 – $1,145.76

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