Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$89.40
Cash price 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.
$149.00
Gross charge 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.
$17.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $179.71 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $17.85 | ↓ -80% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $19.82 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $28.05 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $28.05 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $34.41 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $37.82 | ↓ -58% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $39.81 | ↓ -55% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $43.46 | ↓ -51% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $46.09 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $51.70 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $56.17 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $56.62 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $57.37 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $57.37 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $59.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $59.60 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $63.22 | ↓ -29% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $74.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $74.71 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $89.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $100.05 | ↑ +12% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $104.30 | ↑ +17% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $114.17 | ↑ +28% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $119.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $119.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $126.65 | ↑ +42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $151.43 | ↑ +69% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $163.37 | ↑ +83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $167.58 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $171.54 | ↑ +92% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $176.44 | ↑ +97% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $176.44 | ↑ +97% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $176.44 | ↑ +97% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $179.71 | ↑ +101% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $415.80 | $15.30 – $554.40 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $664.80 | $20.04 – $941.80 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $181.20 | $26.77 – $241.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $664.80 | $20.04 – $180.36 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $153.00 | $17.39 – $204.00 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $347.40 | $19.63 – $420.75 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $108.00 | $17.55 – $171.54 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $664.80 | $20.04 – $261.92 |