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Bortezomib 3.5 mg (2.5 mg/ml) solution for subcutaneous injection 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

$3,308.40

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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.

$5,514.00

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.

$1.76 with UPMC Health Plan vs $159.84 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $1.76 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2.27 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.79 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2.79 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2.79 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3.43 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $39.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $44.08 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $48.11 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $48.98 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $53.72 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $54.87 ↓ -98%
Bravo Medicare $55.30 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $57.94 ↓ -98%
Aetna EBR FI $60.04 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial $63.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna EBR ASO $63.20 ↓ -98%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $69.52 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $79.00 ↓ -98%
InterGroup PPO $79.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $94.80 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $116.04 ↓ -96%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $118.50 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $119.34 ↓ -96%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $126.40 ↓ -96%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $126.40 ↓ -96%
National Provider Network PPO $129.56 ↓ -96%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $142.20 ↓ -96%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $142.20 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $155.41 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $159.84 ↓ -95%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bortezomib 3.5 mg (2.5 mg/ml) solution for subcutaneous injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,860.80 $1.76 – $238.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $11,202.60 $1.76 – $453.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $5,265.00 $1.76 – $226.10
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $320.40 $2.79 – $453.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $7,423.80 $2.79 – $318.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $241.20 $1.76 – $341.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $961.80 $2.27 – $57.35
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $7,423.80 $2.79 – $318.60

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