Removal of hip foreign body 27087 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

$4,303.80

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.

$7,173.00

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.

$71.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,097.05 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 $71.50 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $71.50 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $96.39 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $101.47 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $110.77 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $844.93 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $946.05 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,029.61 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,768.44 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,368.38 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,489.03 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,636.82 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,704.22 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $2,725.74 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,761.61 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,761.61 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,867.23 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,869.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,869.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,173.16 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,185.44 ↓ -26%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,248.02 ↓ -25%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,340.82 ↓ -22%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,340.82 ↓ -22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,340.82 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare $3,402.68 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $3,586.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,266.17 ↓ -1%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $4,303.80 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,021.10 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,738.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $5,738.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,097.05 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Removal of hip foreign body 27087 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $5,152.80 $65.00 – $6,870.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $5,247.60 $68.25 – $7,871.40
UPMC East Monroeville $4,669.80 $71.50 – $6,226.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,596.00 $71.50 – $4,499.05
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,009.40 $71.50 – $3,248.02
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $3,645.60 $71.50 – $3,340.82
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3,645.60 $71.50 – $4,176.02
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,961.20 $71.50 – $3,340.82

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