Morphine (pf) 0.25 mg/0.5 ml injection (neo/ped) - cnr at UPMC East

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

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

$29.80

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.

$37.25

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.

$4.43 with UPMC Work Partners vs $48.63 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 $4.43 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $6.31 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.61 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $9.25 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $11.55 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare All Business $11.55 ↓ -61%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.05 ↓ -60%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.05 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $12.05 ↓ -60%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $12.05 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $12.99 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $13.05 ↓ -56%
Aetna EBR FI $14.06 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $14.13 ↓ -53%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $14.43 ↓ -52%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $14.43 ↓ -52%
Cigna New Business ASO $14.43 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial $14.80 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $14.80 ↓ -50%
Cigna EBR $14.80 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $14.83 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $18.16 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $18.25 ↓ -39%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.50 ↓ -38%
InterGroup PPO $18.50 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $24.31 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $24.44 ↓ -18%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $25.90 ↓ -13%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $29.60 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $48.63 ↑ +63%

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Morphine (pf) 0.25 mg/0.5 ml injection (neo/ped) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $52.20 $6.25 – $52.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $10.20 $0.14 – $15.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $443.40 $4.16 – $12.05
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $10.20 $0.20 – $14.83
UPMC Hamot Erie $96.80 $6.25 – $30.61
UPMC Northwest Seneca $12.80 $7.61 – $16.21
UPMC Hanover Hanover $10.20 $12.05 – $15.85
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $47.40 $7.61 – $15.92

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