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Inj. pemetrexed, 10 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

$156.60

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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$261.00

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.

$29.25 with UPMC Health Plan vs $234.90 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 $29.25 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $34.96 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $38.61 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $46.32 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $46.32 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $46.32 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $47.53 ↓ -70%
Aetna of PA Medicare $48.64 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $50.03 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $50.03 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $50.03 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare $50.95 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $56.97 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $72.31 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $72.82 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $79.47 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $80.91 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $88.74 ↓ -43%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $90.65 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $91.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $99.18 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $99.49 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $102.31 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $104.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $104.40 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $114.84 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $130.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $133.24 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $137.03 ↓ -12%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $156.60 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $195.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $208.80 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $208.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $214.02 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $234.90 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $234.90 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Inj. pemetrexed, 10 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $156.60 $29.25 – $221.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $156.60 $29.25 – $221.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $152.40 $45.72 – $228.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $152.40 $46.32 – $228.60

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