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Midazolam 1 mg/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

$22.40

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.

$69.92

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.

$0.10 with UPMC Health Plan vs $10.85 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 $0.10 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $0.15 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.15 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.15 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $0.15 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $0.16 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $0.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $0.18 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $0.19 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.19 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $0.20 ↓ -99%
Bravo Medicare $0.21 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $0.21 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $0.23 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR ASO $0.24 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $0.24 ↓ -99%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $0.26 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $0.30 ↓ -99%
InterGroup PPO $0.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $0.36 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $0.45 ↓ -98%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $0.48 ↓ -98%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $0.48 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $0.48 ↓ -98%
National Provider Network PPO $0.49 ↓ -98%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $0.54 ↓ -98%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $0.54 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2.77 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $7.88 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $8.10 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $10.55 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $10.85 ↓ -52%

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Midazolam 1 mg/ml injection solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $47.40 $0.10 – $34.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $36.60 $0.10 – $2.80
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $24.00 $0.15 – $34.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $97.20 $0.15 – $0.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $11.00 $0.10 – $7.19
UPMC Somerset Somerset $7.80 $0.15 – $2.74
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $97.20 $0.15 – $0.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $11.00 $0.15 – $0.90

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