Mayo prmb primidone therapeutic drug level at UPMC Magee

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

$114.60

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.

$191.00

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.

$15.53 with UPMC Health Plan vs $175.72 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 Medicare $15.53 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.40 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $17.02 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.42 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.92 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $17.92 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $17.92 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $18.25 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.70 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $18.70 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $22.10 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.21 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $26.46 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.90 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $28.97 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $29.59 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $32.39 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $51.48 ↓ -55%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $68.76 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $68.95 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $74.49 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $74.87 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $76.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $76.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $76.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $76.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $95.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $101.64 ↓ -11%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $103.43 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $108.64 ↓ -5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $133.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $145.49 ↑ +27%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $152.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $162.35 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $162.35 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $175.72 ↑ +53%

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Mayo prmb primidone therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $165.00 $13.83 – $32.08
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $322.20 $15.42 – $32.39
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $130.20 $16.40 – $32.39
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $155.40 $14.32 – $32.39
UPMC Altoona Altoona $102.60 $16.40 – $136.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $91.20 $5.99 – $136.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $118.80 $16.42 – $168.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $114.60 $10.78 – $152.80

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