Mayo iodine 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

$183.60

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.

$306.00

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.

$22.35 with UPMC Health Plan vs $260.10 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 $22.35 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $23.82 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $24.11 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $24.73 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $25.32 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $26.04 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $26.04 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $26.04 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $26.52 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $36.51 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $48.39 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $84.04 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $106.18 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $112.55 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $115.36 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $116.28 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $117.81 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $117.81 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $122.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $122.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $129.30 ↓ -30%
InterGroup PPO $153.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $168.30 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $182.45 ↓ -1%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $183.60 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $214.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $244.35 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $244.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $244.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $260.10 ↑ +42%

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Mayo iodine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $169.20 $23.82 – $225.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $108.00 $8.70 – $162.00
UPMC East Monroeville $370.80 $23.82 – $494.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $127.80 $23.82 – $47.94
UPMC Northwest Seneca $163.80 $21.87 – $26.04
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $183.60 $21.59 – $45.24
UPMC Jameson New Castle $47.40 $16.92 – $48.78
UPMC Kane Kane $291.60 $23.82 – $104.06

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