Ihc/icc per specimen each multiplex antibody stain 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

$158.40

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.

$264.00

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.

$48.75 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,032.47 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $48.75 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $84.66 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $91.61 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $97.34 ↓ -39%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $97.34 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $99.53 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $100.32 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $101.64 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $101.64 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $105.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $105.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $113.38 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $131.23 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $132.00 ↓ -17%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $138.14 ↓ -13%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $150.80 ↓ -5%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $152.54 ↓ -4%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $158.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $183.80 ↑ +16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $184.80 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $211.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $211.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $224.40 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $246.15 ↑ +55%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $317.88 ↑ +101%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $342.95 ↑ +117%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $351.80 ↑ +122%
Aetna of PA Medicare $360.10 ↑ +127%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $370.39 ↑ +134%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $370.39 ↑ +134%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $370.39 ↑ +134%
Aetna Medicare $377.25 ↑ +138%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $516.22 ↑ +226%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,032.47 ↑ +552%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ihc/icc per specimen each multiplex antibody stain at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $149.40 $48.29 – $199.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $141.00 $88.49 – $211.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $664.80 $74.87 – $941.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $411.00 $53.00 – $548.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $664.80 $9.80 – $1,032.47
UPMC East Monroeville $303.00 $48.75 – $404.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $295.20 $48.29 – $427.47
UPMC Northwest Seneca $272.40 $97.34 – $360.10

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