Pt prgrm for implt neurostim 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

$2,656.80

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.

$4,428.00

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.

$698.41 with Aetna vs $10,677.39 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 Medicare $698.41 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $893.25 ↓ -66%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,239.83 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,347.02 ↓ -49%
Aetna EBR FI $1,357.74 ↓ -49%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,375.61 ↓ -48%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,375.61 ↓ -48%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,429.20 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial $1,429.20 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,623.47 ↓ -39%
InterGroup PPO $1,786.50 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,786.50 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,965.15 ↓ -26%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,027.87 ↓ -24%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $2,143.80 ↓ -19%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,501.10 ↓ -6%
SelectCare Commercial $2,858.40 ↑ +8%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,858.40 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $3,037.05 ↑ +14%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5,184.14 ↑ +95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $6,071.95 ↑ +129%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $6,120.57 ↑ +130%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $8,132.16 ↑ +206%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $8,197.13 ↑ +209%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10,677.39 ↑ +302%

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Pt prgrm for implt neurostim at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,188.20 $692.93 – $5,184.14
UPMC East Monroeville $2,143.80 $678.87 – $5,184.14
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,364.60 $2,027.87 – $5,184.14
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,143.80 $1,608.16 – $4,093.62
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,533.80 $2,027.87 – $2,169.35
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,354.00 $1,623.47 – $7,522.84
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,780.80 $1,623.47 – $8,381.84

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