Sling arm deluxe w/pad xs at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$210.00
Cash price 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.
$350.00
Gross charge 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.
$7.25 with Aetna vs $83.16 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $7.25 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $17.35 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $17.83 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $18.85 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $19.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $19.25 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $19.25 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $20.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $20.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $25.00 | ↓ -88% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $25.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $26.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $26.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $27.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $27.00 | ↓ -87% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $27.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $30.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $35.00 | ↓ -83% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $40.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $40.00 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $40.38 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Commercial | $42.50 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $83.16 | ↓ -60% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Sling arm deluxe w/pad xs at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $198.00 | $17.66 – $46.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $30.00 | $12.50 – $45.00 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $37.80 | $17.46 – $50.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $182.40 | $17.66 – $17.66 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $91.80 | $48.86 – $48.86 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $209.40 | $40.38 – $40.38 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $171.60 | $6.59 – $40.38 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $37.20 | $29.73 – $44.20 |