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Pralidoxime 1 gram solution for injection 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

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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.

$204.87

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.

$49.20 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $192.84 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $49.20
Aetna Medicare $51.22
Aetna Neighborhood Network $57.16
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $62.38
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $63.51
Cigna New Business ASO $69.66
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $71.15
Bravo Medicare $71.70
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $71.70
Aetna EBR FI $77.85
Aetna EBR ASO $81.95
Cigna Commercial $81.95
Coventry/First Health Commercial $90.14
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $92.19
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $102.44
InterGroup PPO $102.44
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $112.68
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $122.92
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $140.00
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $143.98
Private Health Care Systems PPO $153.65
American Healthcare Group Commercial $163.90
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $163.90
National Provider Network PPO $167.99
Health Payors Organization Commercial $184.38
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $184.38
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $187.50
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $192.84

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Pralidoxime 1 gram solution for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $49.67 – $174.14
UPMC Muncy Muncy $399.60 $99.90 – $599.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $51.60 $28.96 – $64.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $399.60 $119.88 – $599.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $51.22 – $174.14

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