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Argatroban nonesrd use 1mg 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

$64.80

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.

$512.93

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.

$0.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $15.30 with Health Payors Organization — 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 $0.50 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $0.67 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.80 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.80 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $0.80 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $0.82 ↓ -99%
Aetna of PA Medicare $0.84 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $0.86 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $0.86 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $0.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $0.88 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.98 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $3.38 ↓ -95%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4.74 ↓ -93%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $5.18 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $5.27 ↓ -92%
Cigna New Business ASO $5.78 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.90 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5.95 ↓ -91%
Bravo Medicare $5.95 ↓ -91%
Aetna EBR FI $6.46 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial $6.80 ↓ -90%
Aetna EBR ASO $6.80 ↓ -90%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $7.48 ↓ -88%
InterGroup PPO $8.50 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $9.63 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $9.90 ↓ -85%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $10.20 ↓ -84%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $12.75 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $12.89 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $13.26 ↓ -80%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $13.60 ↓ -79%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $13.60 ↓ -79%
National Provider Network PPO $13.94 ↓ -78%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $15.30 ↓ -76%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $15.30 ↓ -76%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $942.00 $0.50 – $31.45
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