Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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

$189.60

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.

$316.00

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.

$20.35 with UPMC Health Plan vs $304.23 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 $20.35 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $21.70 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.96 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $22.53 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $23.06 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $23.72 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $23.72 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $23.72 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $24.16 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $33.38 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $33.38 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $45.01 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $47.38 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $51.44 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $51.72 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $60.25 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $104.63 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $109.65 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $119.13 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $120.08 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $121.66 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $121.66 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $126.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $126.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $140.13 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $158.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $182.17 ↓ -4%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $189.60 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $221.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $227.16 ↑ +20%
SelectCare Commercial $252.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $252.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $268.60 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $304.23 ↑ +60%

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Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $150.60 $21.70 – $200.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $133.20 $7.92 – $199.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $112.20 $21.74 – $158.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $112.20 $21.74 – $182.17
UPMC East Monroeville $462.60 $21.70 – $616.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $156.60 $21.70 – $59.69
UPMC Northwest Seneca $240.00 $19.92 – $34.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $112.20 $21.74 – $41.34

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