Dexametha opth insert 0.1 mg 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

$1,430.40

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.

$2,384.00

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.

$64.99 with UPMC Health Plan vs $593.03 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 $64.99 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $86.79 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $91.85 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $100.67 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $102.94 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $102.94 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $102.94 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $102.94 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $103.05 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $104.03 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $105.98 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $105.99 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $105.99 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $107.95 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $126.61 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $145.04 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $221.20 ↓ -85%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $227.52 ↓ -84%
Aetna EBR FI $246.48 ↓ -83%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $247.74 ↓ -83%
Aetna EBR ASO $252.80 ↓ -82%
Cigna New Business ASO $252.80 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial $252.80 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $252.80 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $291.12 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $295.20 ↓ -79%
InterGroup PPO $316.00 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $389.87 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $395.35 ↓ -72%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $442.40 ↓ -69%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $505.60 ↓ -65%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $537.20 ↓ -62%
Humana Commercial $537.20 ↓ -62%
Multiplan PPO $581.44 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $593.03 ↓ -59%

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Dexametha opth insert 0.1 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,430.40 $64.99 – $107.95
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,430.40 $64.99 – $107.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,022.60 $64.99 – $107.95
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $505.60 $64.99 – $107.95
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $505.80 $85.04 – $107.95
UPMC Altoona Altoona $477.60 $64.99 – $477.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $505.60 $35.41 – $568.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $354.00 $80.83 – $501.50

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