Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$222.00
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.
$370.00
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.
$7.99 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $314.50 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.
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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $7.99 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $10.58 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $29.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $30.14 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $40.04 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $40.36 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $124.49 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $128.39 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $139.49 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $140.60 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $142.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $142.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $148.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $148.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $185.00 | ↓ -17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $185.00 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $203.50 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $222.00 | ↑ +0% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $256.40 | ↑ +15% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $259.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $296.00 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $296.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $314.50 | ↑ +42% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $184.20 | $7.92 – $245.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $125.40 | $21.96 – $188.10 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $108.00 | $24.66 – $399.00 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $111.00 | $10.93 – $61.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $108.00 | $13.18 – $153.00 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $236.40 | $7.99 – $315.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $158.40 | $7.92 – $62.16 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $136.20 | $20.55 – $150.64 |