Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at UPMC East
2775 Mosside Boulevard, Monroeville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225323983
$52.00
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.
$65.00
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.
$4.39 with UPMC Health Plan vs $72.07 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.
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 | $4.39 | ↓ -92% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $6.96 | ↓ -87% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $6.96 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $6.96 | ↓ -87% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $6.96 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | All Business | $7.51 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | Compass Exchange | $7.51 | ↓ -86% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $7.77 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $7.91 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $8.56 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $9.34 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $16.25 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $22.82 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $24.70 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $24.83 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | NBR ASO/FI | $25.35 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $25.35 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $25.35 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $26.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $26.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | EBR | $26.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $26.91 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $27.05 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $32.50 | ↓ -38% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $32.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $36.04 | ↓ -31% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $36.22 | ↓ -30% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $45.50 | ↓ -13% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $52.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $72.07 | ↑ +39% |
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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $26.80 | $4.39 – $26.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $78.60 | $4.39 – $88.20 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $6.60 | $0.96 – $9.62 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $16.80 | $4.16 – $12.00 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $6.60 | $1.40 – $15.41 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $122.40 | $4.39 – $18.56 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $49.20 | $4.39 – $24.03 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $6.60 | $6.96 – $9.62 |