Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection at UPMC East

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

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

$578.40

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.

$723.00

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.

$77.89 with UPMC Health Plan vs $754.76 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $77.89 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $86.47 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $97.86 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $114.39 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare All Business $114.39 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $123.36 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $123.36 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $123.36 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $123.36 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $151.74 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $154.45 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $180.75 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $253.77 ↓ -56%
Aetna EBR FI $274.74 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $276.19 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $281.79 ↓ -51%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $281.97 ↓ -51%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $281.97 ↓ -51%
Cigna New Business ASO $281.97 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $283.24 ↓ -51%
Aetna EBR ASO $289.20 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $289.20 ↓ -50%
Cigna EBR $289.20 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $361.50 ↓ -38%
InterGroup PPO $361.50 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $377.38 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $379.33 ↓ -34%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $506.10 ↓ -13%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $578.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $754.76 ↑ +30%

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Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $430.40 $77.89 – $430.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $384.80 $77.89 – $432.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $81.60 $16.99 – $187.67
UPMC Cole Coudersport $422.40 $123.36 – $563.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $81.60 $24.80 – $161.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $890.40 $77.89 – $362.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $475.20 $77.89 – $251.59
UPMC Hanover Hanover $81.60 $123.36 – $187.67

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