Barrier film 28ml spray no stng cavilon at UPMC East

2775 Mosside Boulevard, Monroeville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225323983

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$16.80

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.

$28.00

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.

$4.32 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $31.36 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $4.32 ↓ -74%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.94 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $7.00 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $9.24 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $9.83 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $10.64 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $10.70 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $10.92 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $10.92 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $10.92 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $10.92 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $11.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $11.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $11.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $13.55 ↓ -19%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $14.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.40 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $15.40 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $15.68 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $15.68 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $15.96 ↓ -5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $15.96 ↓ -5%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.45 ↓ -2%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $19.60 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $22.40 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $31.36 ↑ +87%

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Barrier film 28ml spray no stng cavilon at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $27.60 $2.21 – $21.91
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $18.60 $2.36 – $5.45

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