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Adenosine 3 mg/250 ml bag for osm at UPMC Mercy

1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308

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

$3,064.20

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.

$5,107.00

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.

$0.35 with UPMC Health Plan vs $29.70 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 $0.35 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.56 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.56 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $0.56 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.68 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $0.70 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1.67 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4.76 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4.90 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $6.38 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6.56 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $8.25 ↓ -100%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $9.21 ↓ -100%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $10.05 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $10.23 ↓ -100%
Cigna New Business ASO $11.22 ↓ -100%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.46 ↓ -100%
Bravo Medicare $11.55 ↓ -100%
Aetna EBR FI $12.54 ↓ -100%
Aetna EBR ASO $13.20 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial $13.20 ↓ -100%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $14.52 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.50 ↓ -99%
InterGroup PPO $16.50 ↓ -99%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $19.80 ↓ -99%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $24.75 ↓ -99%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $26.40 ↓ -99%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $26.40 ↓ -99%
National Provider Network PPO $27.06 ↓ -99%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $29.70 ↓ -99%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $29.70 ↓ -99%

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Adenosine 3 mg/250 ml bag for osm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,780.40 $0.35 – $62.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,166.80 $0.35 – $304.30
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,110.00 $0.35 – $45.05
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $214.80 $0.56 – $304.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $382.20 $0.56 – $5.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $117.00 $0.35 – $27.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $382.20 $0.56 – $5.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $382.20 $0.56 – $5.40

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