Locm 100-199mg/ml iodine,1ml 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

$8.40

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.

$10.50

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.

$0.61 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7.39 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.

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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 $0.61 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.96 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.96 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.96 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $1.07 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.18 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1.46 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.59 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1.66 ↓ -80%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2.08 ↓ -75%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2.26 ↓ -73%
Aetna EBR FI $2.28 ↓ -73%
Cigna New Business ASO $2.31 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2.31 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial $2.40 ↓ -71%
Aetna EBR ASO $2.40 ↓ -71%
InterGroup PPO $3.00 ↓ -64%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3.00 ↓ -64%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $3.60 ↓ -57%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4.20 ↓ -50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4.80 ↓ -43%
SelectCare Commercial $4.80 ↓ -43%
Humana Commercial $5.10 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5.47 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5.52 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $7.33 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $7.39 ↓ -12%

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Locm 100-199mg/ml iodine,1ml at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3.00 $0.61 – $4.00
UPMC East Monroeville $3.80 $0.48 – $3.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $51.60 $0.61 – $3.73
UPMC Northwest Seneca $10.40 $0.61 – $3.76
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $7.80 $0.61 – $3.70
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3.00 $0.61 – $1.48
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $9.75 $0.61 – $1.46
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $7.80 $0.61 – $1.45

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