Inj., brexanolone, 1 mg at UPMC East

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

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

$178.80

Cash price

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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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$298.00

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.

$35.64 with UPMC Work Partners vs $493.67 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $35.64 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $64.01 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare $74.50 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare All Business $89.40 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $89.40 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $104.30 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $104.60 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $113.24 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $113.84 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $116.22 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $116.22 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $116.22 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $119.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $119.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $119.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $146.17 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $149.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $149.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $163.90 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $163.90 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $184.31 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $185.26 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $208.60 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $238.40 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $246.83 ↑ +38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $248.11 ↑ +39%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $493.67 ↑ +176%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Inj., brexanolone, 1 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $172.20 $63.40 – $268.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $187.80 $63.40 – $196.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $171.00 $164.56 – $164.56
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $180.60 $89.40 – $161.59
UPMC Jameson New Castle $180.60 $64.52 – $75.99
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $171.00 $64.01 – $64.01
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $172.80 not published

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