Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$2,651.40
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.
$4,419.00
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.
$267.53 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $17,521.18 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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| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $267.53 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $267.53 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $360.68 | ↓ -86% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $379.68 | ↓ -86% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $414.48 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,533.39 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,546.65 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,665.96 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,679.22 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,701.32 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,701.32 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,767.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,767.60 | ↓ -33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $2,209.50 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,483.04 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $2,651.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,093.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $3,470.14 | ↑ +31% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $3,535.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $3,535.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3,756.15 | ↑ +42% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $6,975.66 | ↑ +163% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $9,064.15 | ↑ +242% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $10,021.52 | ↑ +278% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $11,090.82 | ↑ +318% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $11,352.46 | ↑ +328% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $11,676.82 | ↑ +340% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $11,676.82 | ↑ +340% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $11,676.82 | ↑ +340% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $11,893.06 | ↑ +349% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $12,139.65 | ↑ +358% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $13,082.59 | ↑ +393% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $17,521.18 | ↑ +561% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $2,508.60 | $243.21 – $6,975.66 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $25,053.60 | $308.88 – $35,492.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $25,053.60 | $308.88 – $35,492.60 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $3,310.80 | $267.53 – $11,352.46 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $2,163.60 | $267.53 – $15,725.10 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $25,053.60 | $308.88 – $17,333.84 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $8,887.20 | $267.53 – $14,596.02 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $25,053.60 | $308.88 – $17,427.46 |