Remote 30 day ecg tech supp 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

$197.40

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.

$329.00

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.

$32.84 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,341.16 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $32.84 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $85.78 ↓ -57%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $114.16 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $114.88 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $123.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $124.03 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $125.02 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $126.67 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $126.67 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $131.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $131.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $164.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $165.81 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $180.95 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $197.40 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $230.30 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $263.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $263.20 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $275.18 ↑ +39%
Humana Commercial $279.65 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $304.54 ↑ +54%
Aetna of PA Medicare $311.72 ↑ +58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $320.63 ↑ +62%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $320.63 ↑ +62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $320.63 ↑ +62%
Aetna Medicare $326.57 ↑ +65%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $651.17 ↑ +230%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,341.16 ↑ +579%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Remote 30 day ecg tech supp at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $234.60 $32.53 – $320.63
UPMC East Monroeville $1,347.00 $32.84 – $1,796.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,447.80 $32.53 – $370.05
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,414.20 $84.43 – $320.63
UPMC Jameson New Castle $201.60 $33.10 – $371.10
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $203.40 $32.84 – $326.57
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,361.80 $32.84 – $326.57
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,472.40 $32.84 – $1,052.82

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