Covid-19 administration immunization im inj 1st/only component at UPMC East

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

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

$24.00

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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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$40.00

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.

$13.20 with United Healthcare vs $655.33 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
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $13.20 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $14.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $14.04 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $15.20 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $15.28 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $15.60 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $15.60 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $15.60 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $15.60 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $16.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $16.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $16.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $19.62 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $20.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $22.00 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.00 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $28.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $32.00 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $39.69 ↑ +65%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $40.43 ↑ +68%
Aetna of PA Medicare $41.56 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $41.56 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare Medicare $42.35 ↑ +76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $42.74 ↑ +78%
Cigna Medicare $42.75 ↑ +78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $42.75 ↑ +78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $42.75 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $43.54 ↑ +81%
Aetna Medicare $43.54 ↑ +81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $84.97 ↑ +254%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $244.67 ↑ +919%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $245.92 ↑ +925%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $327.66 ↑ +1265%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $329.36 ↑ +1272%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $655.33 ↑ +2631%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Covid-19 administration immunization im inj 1st/only component at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $24.00 $14.00 – $84.17
UPMC Bedford Everett $24.00 $14.00 – $42.75
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $24.00 $5.48 – $63.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $24.00 $8.00 – $44.11
UPMC Hamot Erie $24.00 $45.28 – $49.35
UPMC Northwest Seneca $24.00 $35.90 – $42.75
UPMC Hanover Hanover $24.00 $39.26 – $63.46
UPMC Jameson New Castle $24.00 $39.58 – $85.65

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