Warde growth hormone (hgh) 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

$114.60

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.

$191.00

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.

$8.80 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $164.20 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 $8.80 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.86 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.49 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $13.63 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $15.45 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.48 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $16.67 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $17.10 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.50 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.00 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.00 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $18.34 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $28.31 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $32.52 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $56.47 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $66.28 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $72.01 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $72.58 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $73.53 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $73.53 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $75.63 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $76.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $76.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $95.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $100.24 ↓ -13%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $114.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $122.60 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $133.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $152.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $152.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $162.35 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $164.20 ↑ +43%

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Warde growth hormone (hgh) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $198.60 $8.00 – $264.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $83.40 $6.01 – $125.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $85.20 $8.00 – $120.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $115.20 $8.40 – $153.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $85.20 $8.00 – $120.70
UPMC East Monroeville $250.20 $8.00 – $333.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $253.80 $8.00 – $32.21
UPMC Northwest Seneca $81.00 $8.80 – $17.50

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