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Inj, cimerli, 0.1 mg 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

$519.00

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.

$865.00

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.

$54.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $778.50 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 Medicaid $54.40 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $71.82 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $86.16 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $86.16 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $86.16 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $88.42 ↓ -83%
Aetna of PA Medicare $90.47 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $93.05 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $93.05 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $93.05 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $94.78 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $105.97 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $115.78 ↓ -78%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $241.34 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $263.39 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $268.15 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $294.10 ↓ -43%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $300.41 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $302.75 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $304.11 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $328.70 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $329.45 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $338.81 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $346.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $346.00 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $380.60 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $432.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $441.23 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $453.79 ↓ -13%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $519.00 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $648.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $692.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $692.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $709.30 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $778.50 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $778.50 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Inj, cimerli, 0.1 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $691.80 $54.40 – $980.05

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