Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl 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

$63.00

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.

$105.00

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.

$7.59 with UPMC Health Plan vs $89.25 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 Medicare $7.59 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.70 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $7.70 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.09 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.19 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $8.40 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $8.60 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.85 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $8.85 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $8.85 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $9.01 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.38 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $10.93 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $11.93 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $14.88 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $15.97 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $27.73 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $36.44 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $37.14 ↓ -41%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $39.59 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $39.90 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $40.42 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $40.42 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $42.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $42.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $52.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $52.70 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $60.20 ↓ -4%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $63.00 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $73.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $80.63 ↑ +28%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $84.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $84.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $89.25 ↑ +42%

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Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $86.40 $7.00 – $115.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $49.80 $2.95 – $74.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $42.00 $7.00 – $59.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $58.20 $5.32 – $77.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $42.00 $7.00 – $52.70
UPMC East Monroeville $122.40 $7.00 – $163.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $138.00 $7.00 – $15.82
UPMC Northwest Seneca $45.00 $7.43 – $8.85

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