29/100
#1,925 nationally
Upmc Mckeesport Hospital
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mc Keesport, PA 15132 · (412) 664-2000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Upmc Mckeesport Hospital billed $5.09 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 15
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #88
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $23,409 | $2,360 | +20% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $68,028 | $15,519 | +89% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $52,639 | $8,983 | +62% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $58,382 | $10,603 | +34% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $75,471 | $15,711 | +16% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $10,699 | $1,448 | +6% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $60,533 | $11,449 | +30% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $42,225 | $8,508 | +38% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $48,793 | $13,860 | -11% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $36,527 | $7,778 | +23% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$66,057 | $9,668 | +100% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$68,028 | $15,519 | +89% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$52,639 | $8,983 | +62% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$42,225 | $8,508 | +38% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$58,382 | $10,603 | +34% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$60,533 | $11,449 | +30% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$46,580 | $8,395 | +27% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,864 | $1,819 | +23% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$38,109 | $11,273 | -21% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$48,793 | $13,860 | -11% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$57,496 | $14,469 | -6% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,699 | $1,448 | +6% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$75,471 | $15,711 | +16% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,409 | $2,360 | +20% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$36,527 | $7,778 | +23% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,864 | $1,819 | +23% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.