Mayo avwpr vw factor activity 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

$212.40

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.

$354.00

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.

$28.60 with UPMC Health Plan vs $317.50 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 Medicare $28.60 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $28.93 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $28.93 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $30.50 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.86 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $31.66 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $32.40 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $33.33 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $33.33 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $33.33 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $33.95 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $39.00 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $41.06 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $41.92 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $44.82 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $62.88 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $109.20 ↓ -49%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $122.84 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $133.46 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $134.52 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $136.29 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $136.29 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $141.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $141.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $146.24 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $148.46 ↓ -30%
InterGroup PPO $177.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $212.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $237.07 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $247.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $283.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $283.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $300.90 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $317.50 ↑ +49%

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Mayo avwpr vw factor activity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $156.00 $15.34 – $95.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $156.00 $22.40 – $148.46
UPMC East Monroeville $480.00 $26.30 – $640.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $347.40 $26.30 – $62.29
UPMC Northwest Seneca $415.80 $27.99 – $33.33
UPMC Hanover Hanover $156.00 $25.49 – $49.38
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $255.60 $26.30 – $57.91
UPMC Jameson New Castle $255.60 $28.93 – $63.39

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