Warde erythropoietin at UPMC East

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

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

$241.20

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.

$402.00

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.

$15.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $321.60 with Private Health Care Systems — 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $15.00 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $16.50 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $17.25 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.57 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $18.84 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $19.20 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $19.73 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19.73 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $20.11 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.29 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare $20.29 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.29 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $20.29 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $20.67 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $20.67 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $20.85 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $22.25 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $23.42 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $25.56 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.17 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $31.41 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $54.61 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $73.13 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $90.92 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $98.78 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $121.77 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $132.66 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $141.10 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $146.26 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $152.76 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $153.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $156.78 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $156.78 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $156.78 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $156.78 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $160.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $160.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $160.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $201.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $281.40 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $321.60 ↑ +33%

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Warde erythropoietin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $225.00 $15.00 – $300.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $147.60 $6.78 – $221.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $96.00 $15.00 – $136.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $111.00 $12.21 – $148.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $96.00 $15.00 – $136.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $261.00 $15.00 – $31.12
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $16.50 – $20.29
UPMC Hanover Hanover $96.00 $15.00 – $30.06

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