Tigecycline injection at UPMC East

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

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

$11.40

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.

$14.25

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.

$0.24 with UPMC Health Plan vs $15.05 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 $0.24 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.39 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.39 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.39 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.39 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.47 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $0.63 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare All Business $0.63 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $0.85 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1.67 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1.95 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $3.50 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4.91 ↓ -57%
Aetna EBR FI $5.32 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $5.35 ↓ -53%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $5.46 ↓ -52%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $5.46 ↓ -52%
Cigna New Business ASO $5.46 ↓ -52%
Cigna EBR $5.60 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial $5.60 ↓ -51%
Aetna EBR ASO $5.60 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5.62 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5.65 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.00 ↓ -39%
InterGroup PPO $7.00 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $7.53 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $7.56 ↓ -34%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $9.80 ↓ -14%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $11.20 ↓ -2%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $15.05 ↑ +32%

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Tigecycline injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $93.60 $0.39 – $51.00
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $95.55 $0.36 – $0.82
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $93.60 $0.39 – $51.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $23.60 $0.24 – $2.01
UPMC Hanover Hanover $93.60 $0.39 – $1.04
UPMC Lititz Lititz $93.60 $0.39 – $1.04
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $769.20 $0.24 – $1.95
UPMC Memorial York $93.60 $0.39 – $1.58

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