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Albuterol ipratrop non-comp 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

$7.80

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.

$9.75

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.

$0.12 with UPMC Health Plan vs $8.78 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 $0.12 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.20 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $0.20 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.24 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1.49 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $2.44 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2.72 ↓ -65%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2.97 ↓ -62%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3.02 ↓ -61%
Cigna New Business ASO $3.31 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3.39 ↓ -57%
Bravo Medicare $3.41 ↓ -56%
Aetna EBR FI $3.71 ↓ -52%
Aetna EBR ASO $3.90 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $3.90 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4.23 ↓ -46%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4.29 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4.35 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $4.88 ↓ -37%
InterGroup PPO $4.88 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $5.36 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $5.67 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5.83 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $5.85 ↓ -25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $7.31 ↓ -6%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $7.80 ↑ +0%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $7.80 ↑ +0%
National Provider Network PPO $8.00 ↑ +3%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $8.78 ↑ +13%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $8.78 ↑ +13%

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Albuterol ipratrop non-comp at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $38.25 $0.09 – $8.29
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $38.25 $0.09 – $8.29
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $25.00 $0.10 – $26.56
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $38.25 $1.47 – $8.29
UPMC Muncy Muncy $13.80 $0.20 – $15.53
UPMC Northwest Seneca $11.60 $0.09 – $12.32
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $13.80 $0.09 – $1.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $13.80 $0.20 – $15.53

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