Hla typing a b or c 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

$487.20

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.

$812.00

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.

$53.76 with UPMC Health Plan vs $690.20 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 $53.76 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $57.32 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $58.00 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $59.50 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $60.90 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $62.64 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $62.64 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $62.64 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $63.80 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $86.35 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $86.35 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $94.37 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $113.13 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $116.42 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $122.55 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $133.78 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $196.46 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $263.12 ↓ -46%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $281.76 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $306.12 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $308.56 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $312.62 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $312.62 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $324.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $324.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $334.21 ↓ -31%
InterGroup PPO $406.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $426.52 ↓ -12%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $487.20 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $568.40 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $571.23 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $649.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $649.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $690.20 ↑ +42%

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Hla typing a b or c at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $799.20 $57.32 – $1,065.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $379.20 $20.93 – $568.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $322.80 $38.23 – $457.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $322.80 $57.42 – $457.30
UPMC East Monroeville $562.20 $57.32 – $749.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $642.60 $57.32 – $112.07
UPMC Northwest Seneca $669.60 $52.60 – $90.28
UPMC Hanover Hanover $322.80 $38.23 – $106.92

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