Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis 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

$832.80

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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.

$1,388.00

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.

$34.32 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,179.80 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $34.32 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $34.32 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $46.27 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $48.71 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $53.17 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $74.52 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $147.08 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $179.74 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $198.91 ↓ -76%
Aetna of PA Medicare $203.61 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $209.42 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $209.42 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $209.42 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $213.30 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $384.18 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $459.03 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $481.64 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $514.53 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $523.28 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $527.44 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $534.38 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $534.38 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $554.50 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $555.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $555.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $694.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $742.63 ↓ -11%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $832.80 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $945.43 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $971.60 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,110.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,110.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,179.80 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $414.60 $31.20 – $526.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $276.00 $32.76 – $368.00
UPMC East Monroeville $896.40 $34.32 – $1,195.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,113.00 $34.32 – $273.12
UPMC Northwest Seneca $377.40 $34.32 – $203.61
UPMC Hanover Hanover $165.60 $39.62 – $310.88
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $462.60 $34.32 – $353.36
UPMC Jameson New Castle $289.20 $34.32 – $242.39

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