Mopath procedure level 9 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

$348.60

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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.

$581.00

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.

$201.61 with Aetna vs $12,984.41 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Aetna Neighborhood Network $201.61 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $219.04 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $220.78 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $223.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $223.69 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $232.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $232.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $290.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $319.55 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $348.60 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $406.70 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $464.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $464.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $493.85 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,853.80 ↑ +432%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,976.64 ↑ +467%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,000.00 ↑ +474%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $2,051.60 ↑ +489%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2,100.00 ↑ +502%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,160.00 ↑ +520%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,160.00 ↑ +520%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,160.00 ↑ +520%
Aetna Medicare $2,200.00 ↑ +531%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2,571.61 ↑ +638%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4,465.68 ↑ +1181%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,217.33 ↑ +1397%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $5,980.83 ↑ +1616%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $9,695.11 ↑ +2681%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $10,435.04 ↑ +2893%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $12,984.41 ↑ +3625%

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Mopath procedure level 9 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $8,734.20 $268.50 – $2,547.36
UPMC East Monroeville $369.60 $203.28 – $2,571.61
UPMC Hamot Erie $8,462.40 $1,976.64 – $2,547.36
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,327.60 $1,813.80 – $2,160.00
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,947.00 $1,790.60 – $3,753.00
UPMC Jameson New Castle $8,332.80 $1,403.00 – $2,592.31
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $10,515.00 $1,871.80 – $2,571.61
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,947.00 $1,667.20 – $2,547.36

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