Neostigmine methylsulfate 1 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$72.00

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.

$120.00

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.

$0.72 with Aetna vs $12.82 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $0.72 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $0.90 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $0.92 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1.44 ↓ -98%
Aetna EBR FI $1.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1.57 ↓ -98%
Aetna EBR ASO $1.60 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1.60 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial $1.60 ↓ -98%
Cigna New Business ASO $1.60 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.74 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1.88 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2.00 ↓ -97%
InterGroup PPO $2.00 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.20 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2.20 ↓ -97%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2.80 ↓ -96%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3.20 ↓ -96%
Humana Commercial $3.40 ↓ -95%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3.40 ↓ -95%
Multiplan PPO $3.68 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $6.29 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $6.38 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $8.43 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $8.55 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $12.82 ↓ -82%

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Neostigmine methylsulfate 1 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $21.40 $1.86 – $1.86
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $72.60 $1.88 – $1.88
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $34.65 $1.88 – $1.88
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $29.80 $1.88 – $1.88
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $34.65 $1.84 – $1.84
UPMC Altoona Altoona $38.40 $1.05 – $4.98
UPMC Bedford Everett $10.80 $0.25 – $5.15
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $8.40 $0.14 – $1.16

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