Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes 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

$30.00

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.

$50.00

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.

$17.35 with Aetna vs $112.18 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.

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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 $17.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $18.85 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $19.00 ↓ -37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.22 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $19.25 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $19.25 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $20.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $20.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $22.22 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $25.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $26.32 ↓ -12%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $27.50 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $29.13 ↓ -3%
Aetna of PA Medicare $29.82 ↓ -1%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $30.00 ↑ +0%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $30.67 ↑ +2%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $30.67 ↑ +2%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $30.67 ↑ +2%
Aetna Medicare $31.24 ↑ +4%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $34.78 ↑ +16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $35.00 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $36.90 ↑ +23%
SelectCare Commercial $40.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $40.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $42.50 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $83.10 ↑ +177%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $83.76 ↑ +179%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $111.29 ↑ +271%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $112.18 ↑ +274%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $30.00 $19.22 – $40.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $30.00 $10.25 – $45.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $52.20 $11.92 – $73.95
UPMC Cole Coudersport $46.20 $16.14 – $61.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $52.20 $17.40 – $73.95
UPMC East Monroeville $30.00 $16.50 – $40.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $32.40 $18.43 – $40.57
UPMC Northwest Seneca $30.00 $19.22 – $30.67

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