Inj melpha hydroch nos 50 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

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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.

$2,408.98

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.

$60.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,392.21 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 $60.55 —
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $79.94 —
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $95.90 —
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $95.90 —
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $95.90 —
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $98.41 —
Aetna of PA Medicare $100.69 —
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $103.57 —
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $103.57 —
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $103.57 —
Aetna Medicare $105.49 —
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $117.96 —
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $171.76 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $340.70 —
Aetna Neighborhood Network $672.11 —
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $733.53 —
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $746.78 —
Cigna New Business ASO $819.05 —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $836.64 —
Bravo Medicare $843.14 —
Aetna EBR FI $915.41 —
Aetna EBR ASO $963.59 —
Cigna Commercial $963.59 —
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,059.95 —
InterGroup PPO $1,204.49 —
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $1,445.39 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,736.75 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,786.10 —
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,806.73 —
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,927.18 —
American Healthcare Group Commercial $1,927.18 —
National Provider Network PPO $1,975.36 —
Health Payors Organization Commercial $2,168.08 —
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $2,168.08 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,326.01 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,392.21 —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Inj melpha hydroch nos 50 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $6,460.20 $60.55 – $343.94
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $6,460.20 $60.55 – $343.94
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,460.20 $60.55 – $343.94
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $6,460.20 $95.90 – $337.03
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $60.55 – $343.94
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $5,335.80 $60.55 – $343.94
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $60.55 – $103.57

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