Warde zinc 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

$128.40

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.

$214.00

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.

$10.56 with UPMC Health Plan vs $181.90 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 $10.56 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.26 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.39 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $11.68 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $11.96 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.30 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.30 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.30 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $12.53 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $14.57 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $14.57 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.65 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $20.10 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.68 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $22.24 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $22.58 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $38.61 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $51.72 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $71.18 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $74.26 ↓ -42%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $80.68 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $81.32 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $82.39 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $82.39 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $83.83 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $85.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $85.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $107.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $112.28 ↓ -13%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $128.40 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $149.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $171.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $171.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $181.90 ↑ +42%

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Warde zinc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $183.60 $11.26 – $244.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $66.60 $4.11 – $99.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $57.60 $11.28 – $81.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $54.60 $7.40 – $72.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $57.60 $11.28 – $81.60
UPMC East Monroeville $169.20 $11.26 – $225.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $180.00 $11.26 – $22.03
UPMC Northwest Seneca $62.40 $10.33 – $15.24

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