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Dicyclomine 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

$425.60

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.

$532.00

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.

$3.35 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $478.80 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $3.35 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.17 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $9.52 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $9.79 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.36 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.36 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11.36 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $12.75 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $13.11 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $13.97 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $28.97 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $133.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $148.43 ↓ -65%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $161.99 ↓ -62%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $164.92 ↓ -61%
Cigna New Business ASO $180.88 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $184.76 ↓ -57%
Bravo Medicare $186.20 ↓ -56%
Aetna EBR FI $202.16 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR ASO $212.80 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $212.80 ↓ -50%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $234.08 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $266.00 ↓ -38%
InterGroup PPO $266.00 ↓ -38%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $319.20 ↓ -25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $399.00 ↓ -6%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $425.60 ↑ +0%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $425.60 ↑ +0%
National Provider Network PPO $436.24 ↑ +3%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $478.80 ↑ +13%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $478.80 ↑ +13%

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Dicyclomine injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $691.20 $3.38 – $256.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $691.20 $3.38 – $979.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $399.20 $3.38 – $424.15
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $691.20 $3.31 – $979.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $494.40 $11.36 – $556.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $84.00 $7.17 – $89.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $25.20 $3.31 – $28.97
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $494.40 $11.36 – $556.20

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