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Sirolimus, oral 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

$63.00

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.

$79.00

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.

$0.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $47.43 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 $0.55 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.87 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.87 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $0.87 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.07 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1.65 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3.10 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $5.75 ↓ -91%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $6.42 ↓ -90%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $7.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $7.13 ↓ -89%
Cigna New Business ASO $7.82 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $7.99 ↓ -87%
Bravo Medicare $8.05 ↓ -87%
Aetna EBR FI $8.74 ↓ -86%
Aetna EBR ASO $9.20 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial $9.20 ↓ -85%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $10.12 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.50 ↓ -82%
InterGroup PPO $11.50 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $12.10 ↓ -81%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $13.80 ↓ -78%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $17.25 ↓ -73%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $18.40 ↓ -71%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $18.40 ↓ -71%
National Provider Network PPO $18.86 ↓ -70%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $20.70 ↓ -67%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $20.70 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $34.43 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $35.41 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $46.11 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $47.43 ↓ -25%

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Sirolimus, oral at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $300.00 $0.55 – $24.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,122.00 $0.55 – $72.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $100.00 $0.55 – $106.25
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $300.00 $0.87 – $425.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $180.00 $0.87 – $202.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $20.40 $0.87 – $11.98
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $180.00 $0.87 – $202.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $180.00 $0.87 – $202.50

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