Warde adenosine deaminase pleural fluid 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

$267.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$445.00

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.

$7.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $378.25 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 $7.51 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.01 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.10 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $8.31 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $8.51 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.75 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $8.75 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $8.75 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $8.91 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $12.94 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.64 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $23.69 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $31.73 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $45.81 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $51.43 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $68.88 ↓ -74%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $154.41 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $167.76 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $169.10 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $171.32 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $171.32 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $178.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $178.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $222.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $244.75 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $267.00 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $311.50 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $356.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $356.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $378.25 ↑ +42%

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Warde adenosine deaminase pleural fluid at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $87.60 $8.01 – $116.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $85.20 $2.92 – $127.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $42.00 $4.46 – $59.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $30.60 $5.26 – $40.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $42.00 $6.47 – $59.50
UPMC East Monroeville $104.40 $8.01 – $139.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $87.00 $8.01 – $13.51
UPMC Northwest Seneca $54.00 $7.35 – $8.75

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