Penicillin g procaine inj 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

$5.40

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.

$9.00

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.

$2.07 with UPMC Work Partners vs $51.91 with Aetna — 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 $2.07 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3.15 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3.24 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $3.51 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3.53 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $3.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $3.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3.92 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $4.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4.95 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $4.95 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $5.42 ↑ +0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $6.30 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $7.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $7.65 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $7.65 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $8.28 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $18.19 ↑ +237%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $18.45 ↑ +242%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $24.36 ↑ +351%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $24.70 ↑ +357%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $37.06 ↑ +586%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $44.17 ↑ +718%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $48.41 ↑ +796%
Aetna of PA Medicare $49.55 ↑ +818%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $50.02 ↑ +826%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $50.96 ↑ +844%
United Healthcare Medicare $50.97 ↑ +844%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $50.97 ↑ +844%
Aetna Medicare $51.91 ↑ +861%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Penicillin g procaine inj at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD not published $30.49 – $99.10
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY not published $8.82 – $99.10

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