Susceptibility mic per plate 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

$108.60

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.

$181.00

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.

$8.02 with UPMC Health Plan vs $153.85 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 $8.02 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.55 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.65 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $8.87 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $9.08 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $9.34 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $9.34 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $9.34 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $9.52 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $11.12 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.86 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.49 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $13.63 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $16.87 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $29.29 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $39.23 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $39.37 ↓ -64%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $62.81 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $63.60 ↓ -41%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $68.24 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $68.78 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $69.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $69.69 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $72.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $72.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $85.18 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $90.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $108.60 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $126.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $144.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $144.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $153.85 ↑ +42%

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Susceptibility mic per plate at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $85.20 $8.00 – $113.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $3.12 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $48.60 $7.03 – $68.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $61.20 $5.62 – $81.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $48.60 $8.00 – $45.05
UPMC East Monroeville $129.60 $8.00 – $172.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $106.20 $8.00 – $16.71
UPMC Northwest Seneca $42.00 $7.84 – $9.34

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