Amifostine at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
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Cash price 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.
$2,678.52
Gross charge 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.
$600.24 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,410.67 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $600.24 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare | $669.63 | — |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $747.31 | — |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $815.61 | — |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $830.34 | — |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $910.70 | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $930.25 | — |
| Bravo | Medicare | $937.48 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $937.48 | — |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,017.84 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,071.41 | — |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,071.41 | — |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,178.55 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,205.33 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,223.50 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,258.27 | — |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,339.26 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,339.26 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $1,473.19 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $1,607.11 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,638.63 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,685.26 | — |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2,008.89 | — |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $2,142.82 | — |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $2,142.82 | — |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $2,196.39 | — |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $2,410.67 | — |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $2,410.67 | — |
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Amifostine at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $7,365.60 | $605.96 – $1,202.12 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | not published | $605.96 – $605.96 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $642.60 | $68.50 – $1,540.90 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $667.20 | $308.25 – $889.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $642.60 | $100.00 – $999.44 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $7,807.80 | $1,116.01 – $1,116.01 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $642.60 | $1,540.90 – $1,540.90 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $642.60 | $1,092.84 – $1,540.90 |