Pralatrexate injection 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

$786.00

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.

$1,310.00

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.

$247.91 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,113.50 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $247.91 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $334.26 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $335.51 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $362.21 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $363.93 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $392.63 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $392.63 ↓ -50%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $392.63 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $402.76 ↓ -49%
Aetna of PA Medicare $412.26 ↓ -48%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $424.04 ↓ -46%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $424.04 ↓ -46%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $424.04 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare $431.89 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $454.57 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $482.93 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $493.87 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $497.80 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $504.35 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $504.35 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $524.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $524.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $655.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $786.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $806.05 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $812.51 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $917.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,048.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,048.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,079.54 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,088.17 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $1,113.50 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Pralatrexate injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,072.20 $388.70 – $4,233.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,072.20 $388.70 – $4,233.85
UPMC East Monroeville $788.00 $117.81 – $788.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,072.20 $388.70 – $628.21
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,072.20 $388.70 – $628.21
UPMC Memorial York $4,072.20 $269.87 – $628.21
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $33,372.00 $247.91 – $431.89
UPMC Somerset Somerset $4,072.20 $327.76 – $392.63

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