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PSA (Prostate) Test 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

$187.20

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.

$312.00

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.

$17.05 with UPMC Health Plan vs $265.20 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 Medicare $17.05 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.17 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.39 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $18.86 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19.31 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.86 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.86 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $19.86 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $20.23 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $26.69 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $26.80 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $26.80 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $35.90 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $36.13 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $38.03 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $41.51 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $62.34 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $83.49 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $94.53 ↓ -50%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $108.26 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $117.62 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $118.56 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $120.12 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $120.12 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $124.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $124.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $135.34 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $156.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $181.25 ↓ -3%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $187.20 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $218.40 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $249.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $249.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $265.20 ↑ +42%

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PSA (Prostate) Test at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC East Monroeville $72.60 $18.17 – $96.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $131.40 $17.09 – $175.95
UPMC Hamot Erie $307.80 $18.17 – $359.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $109.80 $18.21 – $155.55
UPMC Altoona Altoona $118.80 $18.17 – $158.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $115.80 $6.64 – $173.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $125.40 $11.95 – $167.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $115.20 $18.21 – $155.55

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