Octreotide,microspheres ER 20 mg intramuscular susp, extended release 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

$636.00

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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.

$797.00

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.

$128.54 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,888.09 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families — 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 Medicaid $128.54 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $173.91 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $188.70 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $203.58 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $203.58 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $203.58 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $208.83 ↓ -67%
Aetna of PA Medicare $213.76 ↓ -66%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $219.82 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $219.87 ↓ -65%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $219.87 ↓ -65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $219.87 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $223.94 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $244.64 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $250.41 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $275.87 ↓ -57%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $299.71 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $302.10 ↓ -53%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $306.07 ↓ -52%
Cigna New Business ASO $306.07 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial $318.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $318.00 ↓ -50%
InterGroup PPO $397.50 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $460.33 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $464.02 ↓ -27%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $477.00 ↓ -25%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $556.50 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $616.52 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $621.45 ↓ -2%
SelectCare Commercial $636.00 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $636.00 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial $675.75 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $4,888.09 ↑ +669%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Octreotide,microspheres ER 20 mg intramuscular susp, extended release at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $14,573.40 $128.54 – $4,443.72
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,066.20 $201.54 – $4,443.72
UPMC Cole Coudersport $5,855.40 $203.58 – $7,807.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,066.20 $201.54 – $4,443.72
UPMC Hamot Erie $8,956.80 $128.54 – $5,110.28
UPMC Northwest Seneca $571.20 $128.54 – $4,665.91
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,066.20 $201.54 – $4,443.72
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $729.60 $128.54 – $6,674.88

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