Path clin consltj sf 5-20 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

$198.60

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.

$331.00

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.

$11.09 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $220.15 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $11.09 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $19.26 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $25.79 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $27.31 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $41.81 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $47.22 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $50.94 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $52.25 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $53.49 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $55.02 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $55.02 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $55.02 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $56.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $56.03 ↓ -72%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $89.87 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $96.60 ↓ -51%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $97.64 ↓ -51%
Aetna EBR FI $98.42 ↓ -50%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $99.72 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $99.72 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $103.60 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial $103.60 ↓ -48%
InterGroup PPO $129.50 ↓ -35%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $142.45 ↓ -28%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $155.40 ↓ -22%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $181.30 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $193.20 ↓ -3%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $207.20 ↑ +4%
SelectCare Commercial $207.20 ↑ +4%
Humana Commercial $220.15 ↑ +11%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Path clin consltj sf 5-20 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $503.40 $10.99 – $253.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $198.60 $18.38 – $297.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $98.40 $22.47 – $139.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $98.40 $28.58 – $193.20
UPMC East Monroeville $198.60 $11.09 – $264.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $189.60 $10.99 – $63.49
UPMC Northwest Seneca $198.60 $27.31 – $55.02
UPMC Hanover Hanover $98.40 $28.58 – $193.20

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