Removal embedded foreign body vestibule mouth smpl 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

$583.80

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.

$973.00

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.

$33.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $983.24 with Aetna — 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 $33.55 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $33.55 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $45.23 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $47.61 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $51.98 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $131.35 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $144.12 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $174.25 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $274.93 ↓ -53%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $337.63 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $366.82 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $368.19 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $369.74 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $374.61 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $374.61 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $389.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $389.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $401.69 ↓ -31%
InterGroup PPO $486.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $495.21 ↓ -15%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $583.80 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $663.23 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $681.10 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $778.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $778.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $827.05 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $828.51 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $916.91 ↑ +57%
Aetna of PA Medicare $938.54 ↑ +61%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $965.36 ↑ +65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $965.36 ↑ +65%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $965.36 ↑ +65%
Aetna Medicare $983.24 ↑ +68%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Removal embedded foreign body vestibule mouth smpl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $505.20 $30.50 – $673.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,191.00 $38.73 – $1,687.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $140.40 $32.02 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,191.00 $38.73 – $1,687.25
UPMC Northwest Seneca $778.20 $33.55 – $938.54
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,191.00 $38.73 – $1,433.04
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $472.20 $33.55 – $965.36
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,191.00 $38.73 – $1,440.78

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