Warde vitamin b-1 (thiamine) 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

$209.40

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.

$349.00

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.

$7.70 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $321.08 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $7.70 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.70 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $9.10 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.38 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $10.90 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.08 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11.93 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $19.87 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.98 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $21.78 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $22.29 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $22.93 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $22.93 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $22.93 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $23.35 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $51.25 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $58.28 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $92.65 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $124.08 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $125.64 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $136.11 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $136.81 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $139.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $139.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $139.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $139.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $174.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $176.06 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $186.12 ↓ -11%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $195.50 ↓ -7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $244.30 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $261.82 ↑ +25%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $279.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $296.65 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $296.65 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $321.08 ↑ +53%

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Warde vitamin b-1 (thiamine) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $225.00 $7.70 – $57.73
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $298.20 $7.70 – $58.28
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $622.20 $7.00 – $58.28
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $412.20 $7.70 – $58.28
UPMC Altoona Altoona $264.00 $7.00 – $352.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $141.00 $7.00 – $211.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $108.00 $7.00 – $153.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $200.40 $7.35 – $267.20

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