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Azathioprine 50 mg tablet 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

$10.80

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.

$13.50

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.

$0.04 with UPMC Health Plan vs $11.70 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 $0.04 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.06 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.06 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $0.06 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.08 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2.44 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $3.25 ↓ -70%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3.63 ↓ -66%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3.96 ↓ -63%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4.03 ↓ -63%
Cigna New Business ASO $4.42 ↓ -59%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.51 ↓ -58%
Bravo Medicare $4.55 ↓ -58%
Aetna EBR FI $4.94 ↓ -54%
Aetna EBR ASO $5.20 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial $5.20 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5.29 ↓ -51%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5.72 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6.50 ↓ -40%
InterGroup PPO $6.50 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $6.93 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $7.13 ↓ -34%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $7.80 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $9.28 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $9.54 ↓ -12%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $9.75 ↓ -10%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $10.40 ↓ -4%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $10.40 ↓ -4%
National Provider Network PPO $10.66 ↓ -1%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $11.70 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $11.70 ↑ +8%

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Azathioprine 50 mg tablet at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $29.25 $0.04 – $21.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $29.25 $0.04 – $40.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $19.60 $0.04 – $20.40
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $29.25 $0.06 – $41.44
UPMC Muncy Muncy $14.40 $0.06 – $16.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $10.40 $0.04 – $11.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $14.40 $0.06 – $16.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $14.40 $0.06 – $16.20

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