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Inj secukinumab intrav 1mg 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

$42.80

Cash price

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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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$53.50

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.

$6.86 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $47.70 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $6.86 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.27 ↓ -74%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $14.79 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $14.87 ↓ -65%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $16.14 ↓ -62%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $16.43 ↓ -62%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $17.84 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.84 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $17.84 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business ASO $18.02 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $18.31 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.41 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $18.55 ↓ -57%
Bravo Medicare $18.55 ↓ -57%
Aetna of PA Medicare $18.73 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.27 ↓ -55%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.27 ↓ -55%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $19.27 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $19.52 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare $19.62 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $20.07 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $20.14 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial $21.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $21.20 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.95 ↓ -49%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $23.32 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $26.14 ↓ -39%
InterGroup PPO $26.50 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $26.88 ↓ -37%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $31.80 ↓ -26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $39.75 ↓ -7%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $42.40 ↓ -1%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $42.40 ↓ -1%
National Provider Network PPO $43.46 ↑ +2%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $47.70 ↑ +11%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $47.70 ↑ +11%

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Inj secukinumab intrav 1mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $43.50 $11.27 – $45.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $43.50 $6.92 – $61.20
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $43.50 $17.84 – $61.62
UPMC Northwest Seneca $42.80 $11.27 – $45.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $253.80 $6.79 – $317.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $31.80 $14.37 – $47.70

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