Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at UPMC Jameson

1211 Wilmington Avenue, New Castle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 111471575

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$140.00

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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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$175.00

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.

$37.74 with Aetna of PA vs $160.83 with UPMC Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Aetna of PA Medicare $37.74 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial $53.90 ↓ -62%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $65.75 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Commercial $65.97 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $78.75 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $87.50 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $92.99 ↓ -34%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $96.25 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $96.25 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $131.25 ↓ -6%
Humana Commercial $140.00 ↑ +0%
National Provider Network PPO $154.00 ↑ +10%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $160.83 ↑ +15%
Aetna Medicaid not published by hospital —
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $107.20 $49.82 – $485.79
UPMC Bedford Everett $476.80 $69.57 – $536.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $105.60 $24.11 – $149.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $253.20 $55.86 – $337.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $105.60 $35.20 – $160.83
UPMC East Monroeville $545.60 $69.57 – $545.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $476.80 $14.60 – $237.16
UPMC Hanover Hanover $105.60 $69.57 – $160.83

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