Oth resp proc, indiv 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

$60.60

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.

$101.00

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.

$13.89 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $93.42 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.89 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $21.64 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $23.95 ↓ -60%
Aetna of PA Medicare $24.52 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $25.22 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $25.22 ↓ -58%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $25.22 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $25.68 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $35.05 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $36.27 ↓ -40%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $38.08 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $38.38 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $38.88 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $38.88 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $40.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $40.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $45.36 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $48.58 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $50.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $52.35 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $55.55 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $60.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $70.11 ↑ +16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $70.70 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $80.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $80.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $85.85 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $93.42 ↑ +54%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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Oth resp proc, indiv at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $100.80 $13.76 – $134.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $84.60 $8.42 – $126.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $54.60 $18.20 – $77.35
UPMC Hamot Erie $80.40 $13.76 – $25.46
UPMC Hanover Hanover $54.60 $19.95 – $45.36
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $39.00 $20.91 – $33.36
UPMC Jameson New Castle $39.00 $8.86 – $29.19
UPMC Lititz Lititz $54.60 $19.95 – $45.36

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