Warde analysis gene hfe common variants 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

$1,590.60

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.

$2,651.00

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.

$60.58 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,850.31 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $60.58 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $64.60 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $65.36 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $67.05 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $67.71 ↓ -96%
Aetna of PA Medicare $68.63 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $70.59 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $70.59 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $70.59 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $71.90 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $78.47 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $78.47 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $105.80 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $111.37 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $121.58 ↓ -92%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $195.01 ↓ -88%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $211.87 ↓ -87%
Aetna EBR FI $213.56 ↓ -87%
Cigna New Business ASO $216.37 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $216.37 ↓ -86%
Aetna EBR ASO $224.80 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial $224.80 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $239.79 ↓ -85%
InterGroup PPO $281.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $337.20 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $366.46 ↓ -77%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $393.40 ↓ -75%
SelectCare Commercial $449.60 ↓ -72%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $449.60 ↓ -72%
Humana Commercial $477.70 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $636.37 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $852.28 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,381.58 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,850.31 ↑ +16%

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Warde analysis gene hfe common variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,531.20 $64.60 – $587.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,590.60 $23.58 – $2,385.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $378.60 $64.71 – $536.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $474.60 $53.00 – $632.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $378.60 $64.71 – $536.35
UPMC East Monroeville $1,590.60 $64.60 – $2,120.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,381.40 $64.60 – $363.01
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,381.40 $59.27 – $82.04

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