Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance 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

$2,413.80

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$4,023.00

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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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$1,395.98 with Aetna vs $15,966.20 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,395.98 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,516.67 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $1,528.74 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,548.86 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,548.86 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,609.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,609.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $2,011.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,212.65 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $2,413.80 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,445.26 ↑ +1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,816.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $3,162.17 ↑ +31%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,218.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $3,218.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $3,419.55 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3,625.84 ↑ +50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4,490.25 ↑ +86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $4,776.96 ↑ +98%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $5,286.66 ↑ +119%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5,411.37 ↑ +124%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5,565.99 ↑ +131%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5,565.99 ↑ +131%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5,565.99 ↑ +131%
Aetna Medicare $5,669.06 ↑ +135%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $6,618.39 ↑ +174%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $8,863.67 ↑ +267%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $11,921.52 ↑ +394%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $15,966.20 ↑ +561%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $6,817.80 $3,132.34 – $9,090.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $9,498.60 $1,016.56 – $13,456.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,911.00 $882.88 – $3,625.84
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $9,498.60 $1,016.56 – $13,456.35
UPMC East Monroeville $2,328.00 $1,280.40 – $5,565.99
UPMC Hamot Erie $7,189.20 $3,132.34 – $7,495.67
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,806.60 $3,235.87 – $5,565.99
UPMC Hanover Hanover $9,498.60 $1,016.56 – $8,262.51

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