Injection(s) trigger point(s) single/multiple 1 or 2 muscle(s) 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

$457.20

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.

$762.00

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.

$34.17 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $647.70 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 $34.17 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $34.17 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $46.06 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $48.49 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $52.93 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $78.94 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $96.70 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $116.19 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $202.38 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $220.02 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $260.86 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $264.41 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $271.04 ↓ -41%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $287.27 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $288.69 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $289.56 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $293.37 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $293.37 ↓ -36%
Aetna of PA Medicare $295.50 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $303.94 ↓ -34%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $303.94 ↓ -34%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $303.94 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $304.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $304.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare $309.57 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $364.55 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $381.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $457.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $488.23 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $533.40 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $609.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $609.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $647.70 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Injection(s) trigger point(s) single/multiple 1 or 2 muscle(s) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $454.20 $31.06 – $605.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $402.00 $32.61 – $603.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $396.60 $39.45 – $561.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $183.00 $11.64 – $116.19
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $396.60 $39.45 – $561.85
UPMC East Monroeville $401.40 $34.17 – $535.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $532.80 $34.17 – $409.31
UPMC Northwest Seneca $571.20 $34.17 – $295.50

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