Ziconotide injection 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

$251.40

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.

$419.00

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.

$6.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $137.08 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $6.40 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $9.49 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $10.14 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $10.14 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $10.14 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.14 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $10.40 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $10.49 ↓ -96%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.65 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $10.75 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.95 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare $10.95 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $10.95 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $11.15 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $12.47 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.02 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.20 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $43.68 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $44.30 ↓ -82%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $53.64 ↓ -79%
Aetna EBR FI $58.11 ↓ -77%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $58.41 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $58.50 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $59.32 ↓ -76%
Cigna New Business ASO $59.60 ↓ -76%
Aetna EBR ASO $59.60 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $59.60 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial $59.60 ↓ -76%
InterGroup PPO $74.50 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $88.99 ↓ -65%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $104.30 ↓ -59%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $119.20 ↓ -53%
Humana Commercial $126.65 ↓ -50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $126.65 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PPO $137.08 ↓ -45%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ziconotide injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $5,752.20 $6.40 – $12.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $10,882.80 $6.93 – $20.00
UPMC Jameson New Castle $14,003.40 $6.40 – $13.13

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