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Ixabepilone 15 mg intravenous solution 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

$272.40

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.

$3,438.95

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.

$87.90 with UPMC Health Plan vs $408.60 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 $87.90 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $116.05 ↓ -57%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $126.67 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $130.25 ↓ -52%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $138.24 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $139.21 ↓ -49%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $139.21 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $139.21 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $140.74 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $142.86 ↓ -48%
Aetna of PA Medicare $146.17 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $148.61 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $150.35 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $150.35 ↓ -45%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $150.35 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare $153.13 ↓ -44%
Cigna New Business ASO $154.36 ↓ -43%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $157.67 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $158.90 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $171.23 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $172.52 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $181.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $181.60 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $199.76 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $227.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $236.00 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $242.70 ↓ -11%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $272.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $316.07 ↑ +16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $325.06 ↑ +19%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $340.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $363.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $363.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $372.28 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $408.60 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $408.60 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ixabepilone 15 mg intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $399.60 $87.90 – $505.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $721.20 $87.90 – $1,021.70
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $281.40 $87.90 – $398.65
UPMC Northwest Seneca $680.40 $83.78 – $197.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3,484.80 $128.93 – $1,452.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $361.20 $139.21 – $541.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $16,246.20 $90.30 – $541.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $16,246.20 $108.36 – $541.80

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