Benztropine 1 mg/ml injection solution at UPMC Magee

300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508

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

$126.60

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.

$211.00

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.

$9.68 with UPMC Health Plan vs $81.88 with Multiplan — 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 $9.68 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $11.65 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.32 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $15.32 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.32 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $15.32 ↓ -88%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $16.02 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $18.01 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18.85 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $19.07 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.43 ↓ -84%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $32.04 ↓ -75%
Aetna EBR FI $34.71 ↓ -73%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $34.89 ↓ -72%
Aetna EBR ASO $35.60 ↓ -72%
Cigna New Business ASO $35.60 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $35.60 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial $35.60 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $39.09 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $39.64 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $44.50 ↓ -65%
InterGroup PPO $44.50 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $52.35 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $53.08 ↓ -58%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $62.30 ↓ -51%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $71.20 ↓ -44%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $75.65 ↓ -40%
Humana Commercial $75.65 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $79.63 ↓ -37%
Multiplan PPO $81.88 ↓ -35%

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Benztropine 1 mg/ml injection solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $94.80 $9.68 – $15.32
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $126.60 $9.68 – $15.32
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $254.40 $9.68 – $15.32
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $115.80 $9.68 – $15.32
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $126.60 $11.42 – $15.32
UPMC Altoona Altoona $127.80 $9.68 – $85.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $43.80 $3.15 – $23.18
UPMC Cole Coudersport $10.20 $4.71 – $15.32

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