Metered dose inhaler drug 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

$1,499.20

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.

$1,874.00

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.

$2.99 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $130.05 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $2.99 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $10.64 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.91 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $38.25 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $42.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $53.09 ↓ -96%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $57.68 ↓ -96%
Aetna EBR FI $58.14 ↓ -96%
Cigna New Business ASO $58.91 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $58.91 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial $61.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna EBR ASO $61.20 ↓ -96%
InterGroup PPO $76.50 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $76.50 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $76.50 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $81.09 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $81.09 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $82.62 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $82.62 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $84.15 ↓ -94%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $91.80 ↓ -94%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $107.10 ↓ -93%
SelectCare Commercial $122.40 ↓ -92%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $122.40 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial $130.05 ↓ -91%

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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,149.60 $2.72 – $84.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,111.20 $2.72 – $137.70
UPMC East Monroeville $1,718.40 $2.72 – $122.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,932.80 $2.72 – $3.27
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,111.20 $2.86 – $12.88
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,718.40 $2.22 – $10.64
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,111.20 $10.64 – $10.64
UPMC Kane Kane $408.60 $7.84 – $7.84

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