IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion 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

$189.00

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.

$315.00

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.

$12.57 with UPMC Health Plan vs $267.75 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 Managed Medicaid $12.57 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $12.57 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $16.95 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.84 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $19.48 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $21.16 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $30.84 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $42.62 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $82.21 ↓ -57%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $109.31 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $118.75 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $119.70 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $121.28 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $121.28 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $126.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $126.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $157.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $157.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $159.39 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $160.66 ↓ -15%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $169.32 ↓ -10%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $189.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $213.46 ↑ +13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $215.17 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $220.50 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $252.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $252.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $267.75 ↑ +42%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $369.60 $11.43 – $492.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $168.00 $12.00 – $252.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $325.20 $14.52 – $460.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $108.00 $12.00 – $50.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $325.20 $14.52 – $460.70
UPMC East Monroeville $241.20 $12.57 – $321.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $305.40 $12.57 – $51.56
UPMC Northwest Seneca $133.20 $12.57 – $109.56

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