Ophthalmic mitomycin at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$1,248.60
Cash price 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.
$2,081.00
Gross charge 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.
$352.28 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,778.69 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $352.28 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $455.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $482.46 | ↓ -61% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $575.40 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $722.11 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $784.54 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $790.78 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $801.18 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $801.18 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $832.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $832.40 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $937.94 | ↓ -25% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,040.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,040.50 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $1,144.55 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $1,248.60 | ↑ +0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,317.55 | ↑ +6% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,328.10 | ↑ +6% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,456.70 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,664.80 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $1,664.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,764.59 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,768.85 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,778.69 | ↑ +42% |
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Ophthalmic mitomycin at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,516.80 | $551.06 – $905.67 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $1,516.80 | $355.11 – $455.39 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $1,930.20 | $352.28 – $482.46 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $1,869.60 | $348.95 – $359.60 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,663.20 | $415.80 – $2,494.80 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,930.20 | $352.28 – $660.83 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,930.20 | $352.28 – $736.29 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $1,516.80 | $352.28 – $558.80 |