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Digoxin total therapeutic drug level 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

$119.40

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.

$199.00

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.

$11.07 with UPMC Health Plan vs $179.10 with Health Payors Organization — 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 Medicare $11.07 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $12.10 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $12.65 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.13 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13.28 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $13.63 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.94 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.34 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.34 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.34 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $14.61 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $16.31 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.41 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18.31 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $18.75 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $25.67 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $38.77 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $51.91 ↓ -57%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $55.52 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $60.60 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $61.27 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $61.69 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $66.36 ↓ -44%
Cigna New Business ASO $67.66 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $69.65 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $75.62 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $79.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $79.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $82.06 ↓ -31%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $87.56 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $99.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $119.40 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $149.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $159.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $159.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $163.18 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $179.10 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $179.10 ↑ +50%

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Digoxin total therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $298.20 $12.10 – $422.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $355.80 $11.00 – $504.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $159.00 $11.47 – $225.25
UPMC Muncy Muncy $126.00 $12.10 – $168.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $89.40 $12.04 – $126.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $96.00 $11.00 – $120.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $152.00 $11.00 – $171.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $126.00 $12.10 – $168.00

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