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Diazepam 5 mg/ml injection solution (wrapper) 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

$12.60

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.

$73.77

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.

$1.97 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $9.04 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1.97 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $2.50 ↓ -80%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2.79 ↓ -78%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3.04 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3.10 ↓ -75%
Cigna New Business ASO $3.40 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3.47 ↓ -72%
Bravo Medicare $3.50 ↓ -72%
Aetna EBR FI $3.80 ↓ -70%
Aetna EBR ASO $4.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial $4.00 ↓ -68%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4.40 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $4.64 ↓ -63%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.00 ↓ -60%
InterGroup PPO $5.00 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5.61 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5.77 ↓ -54%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $6.00 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $6.34 ↓ -50%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $7.35 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $7.35 ↓ -42%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $7.35 ↓ -42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $7.50 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $7.51 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $7.72 ↓ -39%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $8.00 ↓ -37%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $8.00 ↓ -37%
National Provider Network PPO $8.20 ↓ -35%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $9.00 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $9.00 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $9.04 ↓ -28%

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Diazepam 5 mg/ml injection solution (wrapper) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $33.45 $1.99 – $17.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $333.00 $1.99 – $45.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $32.40 $1.99 – $22.95
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $33.45 $1.95 – $46.33
UPMC Muncy Muncy $127.20 $7.35 – $95.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $29.40 $4.64 – $20.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $9.60 $1.01 – $7.35
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $127.20 $7.35 – $95.40

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