Sialidase enzyme assay 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

$133.80

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.

$223.00

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.

$11.33 with UPMC Health Plan vs $189.55 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 Medicare $11.33 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.07 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.22 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $12.54 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.83 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.20 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.20 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $13.44 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $15.40 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.40 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $20.76 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.86 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $23.86 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $33.48 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $58.13 ↓ -57%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $77.38 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $77.86 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $78.05 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $84.07 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $84.74 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $85.86 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $85.86 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $89.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $89.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $111.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $125.30 ↓ -6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $126.21 ↓ -6%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $133.80 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $156.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $169.03 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $178.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $178.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $189.55 ↑ +42%

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Sialidase enzyme assay at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $60.00 $7.94 – $80.00
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $123.00 $10.94 – $22.93
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $130.80 $11.44 – $33.48
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $143.40 $10.19 – $33.16
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $143.40 $11.36 – $33.48
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $145.80 $12.07 – $33.48
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