Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$418.20

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.

$697.00

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.

$60.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $592.45 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 $60.50 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $60.50 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $81.56 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $85.86 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $92.14 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $93.73 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $117.33 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $127.09 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $129.85 ↓ -69%
Aetna of PA Medicare $132.91 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $136.71 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $136.71 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $136.71 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $139.24 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $192.84 ↓ -54%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $198.10 ↓ -53%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $241.86 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $258.26 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $262.77 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $264.86 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $268.35 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $268.35 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $278.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $278.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $278.94 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $347.36 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $348.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $418.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $465.21 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $487.90 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $557.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $557.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $592.45 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $411.60 $32.50 – $548.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $489.00 $42.58 – $692.75
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $489.00 $42.58 – $692.75
UPMC East Monroeville $395.40 $60.50 – $527.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $425.40 $60.50 – $184.69
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $454.20 $60.50 – $184.69
UPMC Lititz Lititz $489.00 $42.58 – $204.03
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,484.40 $60.50 – $198.10

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