Ins picad w subq port 5yr> 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

$4,602.00

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.

$7,670.00

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.

$399.59 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,519.50 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.

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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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $399.59 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $903.55 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,113.73 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,891.13 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,532.69 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,661.49 ↓ -42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,755.22 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,781.40 ↓ -40%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,891.59 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $2,914.60 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,952.95 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,952.95 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,068.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3,068.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,078.18 ↓ -33%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,150.80 ↓ -32%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -30%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -30%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,240.82 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,406.44 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $3,835.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $4,218.50 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,562.16 ↓ -1%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $4,602.00 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,369.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,136.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $6,136.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,519.50 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ins picad w subq port 5yr> at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $5,757.00 $895.03 – $7,676.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,201.80 $959.41 – $5,952.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $2,153.40 $994.87 – $2,871.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,201.80 $1,016.56 – $5,952.55
UPMC East Monroeville $3,746.40 $903.55 – $4,995.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,346.00 $895.03 – $4,364.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,201.80 $1,016.56 – $4,810.90
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $4,444.80 $604.16 – $3,240.82

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