Prq card stent w/angio addl 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

$23,637.00

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.

$39,395.00

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.

$1,327.62 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $33,485.75 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 $1,327.62 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,467.81 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,644.45 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5,005.21 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6,703.35 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $9,848.75 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $13,670.07 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $13,788.25 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $14,851.92 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $14,970.10 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $15,167.08 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $15,167.08 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $15,758.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $15,758.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $19,697.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19,697.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $21,667.25 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $22,136.05 ↓ -6%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $23,637.00 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $27,576.50 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $31,516.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $31,516.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $33,485.75 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Prq card stent w/angio addl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $9,768.60 $168.56 – $17,298.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $9,768.60 $168.56 – $13,838.85
UPMC East Monroeville $24,012.00 $1,327.62 – $32,016.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $9,768.60 $168.56 – $168.56
UPMC Lititz Lititz $9,768.60 $168.56 – $168.56
UPMC Memorial York $9,768.60 $168.56 – $1,071.86
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $23,616.60 $1,315.10 – $1,315.10
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $26,415.60 $1,327.62 – $1,327.62

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