Inj, aponvie, 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

$3.00

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.

$5.00

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.

$1.15 with UPMC Work Partners vs $5.75 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $1.15 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.75 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1.79 ↓ -40%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1.80 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $1.95 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1.96 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1.96 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $2.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $2.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2.01 ↓ -33%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $2.02 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2.06 ↓ -31%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2.06 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare $2.06 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare $2.10 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2.17 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $2.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.75 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2.75 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3.71 ↑ +24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3.71 ↑ +24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3.83 ↑ +28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3.83 ↑ +28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4.25 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $4.25 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $4.60 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $5.75 ↑ +92%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Inj, aponvie, 1 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3.00 $1.59 – $2.10
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3.00 $1.77 – $2.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4.20 $2.02 – $2.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3.00 $1.65 – $2.10
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3.60 $1.95 – $4.80
UPMC East Monroeville $3.00 $0.60 – $4.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $3.00 $1.91 – $2.06
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $3.00 $1.71 – $3.58

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