Lipase 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

$250.20

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.

$417.00

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.

$5.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $354.45 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 $5.50 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $5.50 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $6.39 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $6.81 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6.89 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $7.07 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $7.23 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $7.42 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.44 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $7.44 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $7.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $7.58 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $7.81 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8.52 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $12.51 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.42 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $23.30 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $31.20 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $44.30 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $50.58 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $67.74 ↓ -73%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $144.70 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $157.21 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $158.46 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $160.54 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $160.54 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $166.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $166.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $208.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $250.20 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $291.90 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $333.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $333.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $354.45 ↑ +42%

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Lipase at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $93.00 $5.00 – $124.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $49.80 $2.49 – $74.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $34.20 $5.00 – $48.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $49.80 $4.48 – $66.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $40.80 $5.00 – $48.45
UPMC East Monroeville $102.60 $5.00 – $136.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $190.80 $5.00 – $13.29
UPMC Northwest Seneca $54.00 $5.50 – $7.44

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