Telethx isodose plan cplx 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

$1,778.40

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.

$2,964.00

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.

$85.27 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,519.40 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $85.27 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $178.47 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $239.01 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $239.75 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $239.75 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $321.47 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $323.22 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $323.49 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $340.24 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $358.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna of PA Medicare $366.45 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $370.37 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $371.43 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $376.92 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $376.92 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $376.92 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $383.90 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $430.53 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $753.96 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,028.51 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,117.43 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $1,126.32 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,141.14 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,141.14 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $1,185.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,185.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $1,482.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,654.86 ↓ -7%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $1,778.40 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,074.80 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $2,371.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,371.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,519.40 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Telethx isodose plan cplx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,151.20 $84.46 – $4,201.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,189.20 $130.95 – $1,684.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,189.20 $130.95 – $1,684.70
UPMC East Monroeville $2,166.00 $85.27 – $2,888.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,237.40 $219.22 – $371.43
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,237.40 $164.32 – $376.92
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,189.20 $130.95 – $562.56
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,496.20 $85.27 – $376.92

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