Anastrozole 1 mg 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

$45.80

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.

$57.25

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.

$0.16 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $51.52 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 Medicaid $0.16 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $11.99 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $14.31 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $15.97 ↓ -65%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $17.43 ↓ -62%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $17.75 ↓ -61%
Cigna New Business ASO $19.46 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.88 ↓ -57%
Bravo Medicare $20.04 ↓ -56%
Aetna EBR FI $21.75 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $22.06 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $22.68 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $22.90 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $22.90 ↓ -50%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $25.19 ↓ -45%
InterGroup PPO $28.62 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $28.62 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $29.54 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $30.38 ↓ -34%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $31.49 ↓ -31%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $34.35 ↓ -25%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $36.84 ↓ -20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $42.94 ↓ -6%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $45.80 ↑ +0%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $45.80 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $46.65 ↑ +2%
National Provider Network PPO $46.95 ↑ +3%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $51.52 ↑ +12%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $51.52 ↑ +12%

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Anastrozole 1 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $53.10 $0.15 – $46.65
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $53.10 $0.15 – $67.69
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $53.10 $0.14 – $75.42
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $49.20 $0.15 – $57.24
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $53.10 $11.86 – $11.86
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1.00 $0.14 – $46.65
UPMC Bedford Everett $51.00 $0.14 – $57.38
UPMC East Monroeville $49.00 $0.14 – $49.00

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