Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine 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

$139.20

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.

$232.00

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.

$16.53 with UPMC Health Plan vs $243.97 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 $16.53 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17.20 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.62 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $17.83 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $18.29 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $18.72 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $19.26 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.26 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.26 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $19.61 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $21.93 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $21.93 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.57 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.13 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $33.98 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $48.32 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $60.93 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $80.50 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $83.91 ↓ -40%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $87.46 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $88.16 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $89.32 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $89.32 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $92.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $92.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $112.38 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $116.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $139.20 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $162.40 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $182.17 ↑ +31%
SelectCare Commercial $185.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $185.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $197.20 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $243.97 ↑ +75%

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Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $137.40 $17.62 – $183.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $108.00 $6.43 – $162.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $91.20 $15.91 – $129.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $86.40 $11.59 – $115.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $91.20 $17.65 – $129.20
UPMC East Monroeville $369.60 $16.76 – $492.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $198.00 $17.62 – $47.86
UPMC Northwest Seneca $241.20 $16.17 – $22.93

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