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Methylergonovine 0.2 mg/ml (1 ml) injection 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

$38.40

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$48.00

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.

$4.00 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $43.20 with Multiplan — 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 $4.00 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $11.37 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $11.69 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $12.00 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.08 ↓ -66%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $13.39 ↓ -65%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $14.62 ↓ -62%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $14.88 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $15.23 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $15.66 ↓ -59%
Cigna New Business ASO $16.32 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.67 ↓ -57%
Bravo Medicare $16.80 ↓ -56%
Aetna EBR FI $18.24 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR ASO $19.20 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $19.20 ↓ -50%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.72 ↓ -46%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $20.72 ↓ -46%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $20.72 ↓ -46%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $21.12 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $22.75 ↓ -41%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $24.00 ↓ -38%
InterGroup PPO $24.00 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.48 ↓ -34%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $28.80 ↓ -25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $36.00 ↓ -6%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $38.40 ↑ +0%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $38.40 ↑ +0%
National Provider Network PPO $39.36 ↑ +3%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $43.20 ↑ +13%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $43.20 ↑ +13%

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Methylergonovine 0.2 mg/ml (1 ml) injection solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $42.45 $4.03 – $54.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $42.45 $4.03 – $59.50
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $42.45 $3.95 – $60.14
UPMC Muncy Muncy $53.00 $9.90 – $59.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $20.20 $6.25 – $21.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $18.00 $2.02 – $22.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $53.00 $11.88 – $59.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $53.00 $17.82 – $59.40

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