Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session 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

$223.20

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$372.00

Gross charge

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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.

$22.69 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $316.20 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $22.69 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $26.88 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $29.70 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $29.70 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $40.04 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $42.15 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $46.01 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $55.36 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $59.26 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $79.37 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $85.53 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $114.55 ↓ -49%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $129.08 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $140.24 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $141.36 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $143.22 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $143.22 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $148.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $148.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $175.59 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $186.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $194.33 ↓ -13%
Aetna of PA Medicare $198.91 ↓ -11%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $204.60 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $204.60 ↓ -8%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $204.60 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare $208.38 ↓ -7%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $223.20 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $260.40 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $297.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $297.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $316.20 ↑ +42%
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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Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $146.40 $22.47 – $202.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $265.20 $26.88 – $375.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $67.80 $6.38 – $48.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $265.20 $26.88 – $375.70
UPMC Hamot Erie $180.00 $13.42 – $236.12
UPMC Northwest Seneca $179.40 $29.70 – $58.33
UPMC Hanover Hanover $265.20 $26.88 – $303.71
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $186.00 $26.88 – $204.60

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