Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose 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

$1,096.20

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.

$1,827.00

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.

$119.78 with Aetna vs $1,552.95 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
Aetna Medicare $119.78 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $228.37 ↓ -79%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $633.97 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $668.53 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $688.78 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $694.26 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $703.39 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $703.39 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $730.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $730.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $854.13 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $860.97 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $913.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $913.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,004.85 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $1,096.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,143.93 ↑ +4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,153.07 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,278.90 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,376.92 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,461.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,461.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,552.95 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $446.40 $226.22 – $1,351.74
UPMC Bedford Everett $652.80 $272.00 – $979.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $201.00 $45.90 – $284.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $528.00 $243.94 – $704.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $610.80 $67.00 – $668.53
UPMC East Monroeville $1,290.00 $228.37 – $1,720.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $498.60 $51.00 – $1,226.71
UPMC Northwest Seneca $725.40 $587.12 – $808.98

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