Insertion subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$2,791.20
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.
$4,652.00
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.
$1,614.24 with Aetna vs $15,353.66 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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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| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,614.24 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,753.80 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,767.76 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,791.02 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,791.02 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,860.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,860.80 | ↓ -33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $2,326.00 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $2,558.60 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $2,791.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $3,040.85 | ↑ +9% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,256.40 | ↑ +17% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $3,721.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $3,721.60 | ↑ +33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $3,851.98 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3,954.20 | ↑ +42% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $5,974.86 | ↑ +114% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $6,364.47 | ↑ +128% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $7,073.42 | ↑ +153% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $7,313.38 | ↑ +162% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $8,093.72 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $8,284.66 | ↑ +197% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $8,521.36 | ↑ +205% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $8,521.36 | ↑ +205% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $8,521.36 | ↑ +205% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $8,523.62 | ↑ +205% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $8,679.17 | ↑ +211% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $11,464.16 | ↑ +311% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $15,353.66 | ↑ +450% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Insertion subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $2,788.80 | $2,324.00 – $8,521.36 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $17,281.80 | $1,016.56 – $24,482.55 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $17,281.80 | $1,016.56 – $24,482.55 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $2,371.80 | $1,304.49 – $8,521.36 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $7,465.20 | $3,012.17 – $11,475.67 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $17,281.80 | $1,016.56 – $12,649.66 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $8,109.60 | $892.40 – $10,651.70 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $17,281.80 | $1,016.56 – $12,718.00 |