Stent iliac/open or perc/uni/init 37221 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

$21,956.40

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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.

$36,594.00

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.

$4,090.29 with UPMC Health Plan vs $42,759.23 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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 Commercial $4,090.29 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $6,886.55 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $8,468.63 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $10,021.52 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $11,090.82 ↓ -49%
Aetna of PA Medicare $11,352.46 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $11,400.37 ↓ -48%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $11,676.82 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11,676.82 ↓ -47%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $11,676.82 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare $11,893.06 ↓ -46%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $12,698.12 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $13,795.94 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $13,905.72 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $14,088.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $14,088.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $14,637.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $14,637.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $17,724.77 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $18,297.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $20,126.70 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $21,956.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $23,737.88 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $25,615.80 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $29,275.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $29,275.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $31,104.90 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $31,927.15 ↑ +45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $42,759.23 ↑ +95%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Stent iliac/open or perc/uni/init 37221 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $19,532.40 $6,886.55 – $26,043.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $17,281.80 $1,016.56 – $24,482.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $17,281.80 $1,016.56 – $24,482.55
UPMC East Monroeville $35,121.00 $6,886.55 – $46,828.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $17,695.80 $468.05 – $15,725.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $21,381.00 $5,385.45 – $11,676.82
UPMC Hanover Hanover $17,281.80 $1,016.56 – $17,333.84
UPMC Jameson New Castle $16,973.40 $892.40 – $14,596.02

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