Rbc count only automated 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

$23.40

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.

$39.00

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.

$2.39 with UPMC Health Plan vs $33.15 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 Commercial $2.39 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2.80 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2.98 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3.02 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3.10 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3.17 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3.26 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3.26 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3.26 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $3.32 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $4.42 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $4.42 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $5.87 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.96 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.28 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $6.85 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $8.46 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $10.20 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $13.53 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $13.66 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $14.70 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $14.82 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $15.02 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $15.02 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $15.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $15.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $19.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $22.14 ↓ -5%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $23.40 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $27.30 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $29.66 ↑ +27%
SelectCare Commercial $31.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $31.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $33.15 ↑ +42%

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Rbc count only automated at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $25.20 $2.98 – $33.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $19.20 $1.09 – $28.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $6.60 $1.51 – $9.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $22.80 $1.96 – $30.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $6.60 $2.20 – $9.35
UPMC East Monroeville $44.40 $2.33 – $59.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $36.60 $2.98 – $5.82
UPMC Northwest Seneca $19.20 $2.35 – $4.62

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