Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine 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

$89.40

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.

$149.00

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.

$13.20 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $152.73 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $14.37 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.32 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.50 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $15.90 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $16.27 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.74 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.74 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.74 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $17.05 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $17.80 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.73 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $26.44 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $30.25 ↓ -66%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $51.70 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $52.53 ↓ -41%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $56.17 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $56.62 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $57.37 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $57.37 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $59.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $59.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $70.35 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $74.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $89.40 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $93.63 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $104.30 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $114.04 ↑ +28%
SelectCare Commercial $119.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $119.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $126.65 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $152.73 ↑ +71%

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Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $208.20 $12.00 – $277.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $83.40 $5.59 – $125.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $78.60 $7.45 – $111.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $107.40 $10.08 – $143.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $78.60 $12.00 – $111.35
UPMC East Monroeville $231.60 $12.00 – $308.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $358.80 $12.00 – $29.96
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $13.20 – $16.74

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