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Benztropine 1 mg/ml injection solution 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

$94.80

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.

$158.00

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.

$9.68 with UPMC Health Plan vs $71.10 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 $9.68 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.32 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.32 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $15.32 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18.85 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $19.07 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $19.75 ↓ -79%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $22.04 ↓ -77%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $24.06 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $24.49 ↓ -74%
Cigna New Business ASO $26.86 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $27.44 ↓ -71%
Bravo Medicare $27.65 ↓ -71%
Aetna EBR FI $30.02 ↓ -68%
Aetna EBR ASO $31.60 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $31.60 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $32.84 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $33.78 ↓ -64%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $34.76 ↓ -63%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $39.50 ↓ -58%
InterGroup PPO $39.50 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $43.99 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $45.24 ↓ -52%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $47.40 ↓ -50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $59.25 ↓ -38%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $63.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $63.20 ↓ -33%
National Provider Network PPO $64.78 ↓ -32%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $71.10 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $71.10 ↓ -25%

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Benztropine 1 mg/ml injection solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $126.60 $9.68 – $50.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $254.40 $9.68 – $179.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $115.80 $9.68 – $81.60
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $126.60 $11.42 – $179.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $277.80 $15.32 – $209.70
UPMC Northwest Seneca $100.20 $9.68 – $48.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $43.80 $7.74 – $19.07
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $277.80 $15.32 – $209.70

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