Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos 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

$962.40

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.

$1,604.00

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.

$121.97 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,387.16 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.

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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 $121.97 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $456.19 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $459.84 ↓ -52%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $556.59 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $604.71 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $609.52 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $610.97 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $615.86 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $617.54 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $617.54 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $618.33 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $641.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $641.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $684.31 ↓ -29%
Aetna of PA Medicare $700.46 ↓ -27%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $720.47 ↓ -25%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $720.47 ↓ -25%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $720.47 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare $733.81 ↓ -24%
InterGroup PPO $802.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $882.20 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $962.40 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,122.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,283.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,283.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,363.40 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,644.55 ↑ +71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,387.16 ↑ +252%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,635.00 $120.82 – $2,180.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,160.60 $368.15 – $3,060.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,160.60 $503.85 – $3,060.85
UPMC East Monroeville $415.80 $121.97 – $720.47
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,177.60 $120.82 – $831.51
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,776.60 $313.58 – $720.47
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,160.60 $503.85 – $1,644.55
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $721.80 $307.92 – $720.47

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