Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt 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

$437.40

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.

$729.00

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.

$79.32 with Aetna vs $1,234.82 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
Aetna Medicare $79.32 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $162.49 ↓ -63%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $182.25 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $229.76 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $252.96 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $274.83 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $277.02 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $280.67 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $280.67 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $291.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $291.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $364.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $364.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $400.95 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $437.40 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $510.30 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $583.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $583.20 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $599.54 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $607.71 ↑ +39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $612.58 ↑ +40%
Humana Commercial $619.65 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $813.91 ↑ +86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $820.41 ↑ +88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,234.82 ↑ +182%

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Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $21.00 $6.65 – $599.54
UPMC Cole Coudersport $187.80 $59.47 – $250.40
UPMC East Monroeville $366.60 $52.25 – $599.54
UPMC Hamot Erie $349.20 $160.95 – $229.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca $198.00 $229.76 – $725.49
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $37.20 $229.76 – $599.54
UPMC Jameson New Castle $397.80 $72.11 – $599.54
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $397.80 $79.32 – $599.54

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