Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$288.80
Cash price 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.
$361.00
Gross charge 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.
$10.23 with UPMC Health Plan vs $306.85 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $10.23 | ↓ -96% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $16.20 | ↓ -94% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $16.20 | ↓ -94% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $16.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $18.00 | ↓ -94% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $18.52 | ↓ -94% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $19.92 | ↓ -93% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $30.04 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $99.82 | ↓ -65% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $112.36 | ↓ -61% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $113.26 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $125.27 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $136.10 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $137.18 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $138.99 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $138.99 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $144.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $144.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $150.49 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $151.69 | ↓ -47% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $180.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $180.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $216.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $252.70 | ↓ -13% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $288.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $288.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | Commercial | $306.85 | ↑ +6% |
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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $505.20 | $10.23 – $204.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $31.20 | $0.41 – $22.50 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $31.20 | $0.60 – $49.55 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $557.40 | $10.23 – $248.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $580.80 | $10.23 – $43.44 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $389.40 | $10.23 – $77.24 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $31.20 | $16.20 – $22.50 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $197.60 | $10.23 – $30.28 |