IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at UPMC East
2775 Mosside Boulevard, Monroeville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225323983
$745.80
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.
$1,243.00
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.
$43.23 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,016.86 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 | $43.23 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $45.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $54.62 | ↓ -93% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $58.28 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $59.26 | ↓ -92% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $61.35 | ↓ -92% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $66.98 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $101.27 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $131.84 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $201.41 | ↓ -73% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $205.21 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $210.91 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $210.91 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $214.93 | ↓ -71% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $216.92 | ↓ -71% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $216.94 | ↓ -71% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $216.94 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $216.94 | ↓ -71% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $220.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $220.96 | ↓ -70% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $221.87 | ↓ -70% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $269.24 | ↓ -64% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $379.65 | ↓ -49% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $381.60 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | Compass Exchange | $410.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $436.29 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $472.34 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $474.83 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | NBR ASO/FI | $484.77 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $484.77 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $484.77 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | All Business | $484.77 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | EBR | $497.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $497.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $497.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $508.43 | ↓ -32% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $511.06 | ↓ -31% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $621.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $870.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $994.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $1,016.86 | ↑ +36% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $369.60 | $39.30 – $492.80 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $292.80 | $41.27 – $439.20 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $522.00 | $49.91 – $739.50 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $477.00 | $41.27 – $222.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $522.00 | $49.91 – $549.95 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $607.20 | $43.23 – $250.38 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $411.60 | $43.23 – $210.91 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $522.00 | $49.91 – $322.03 |