Streptozocin 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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$783.53

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.

$132.46 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $705.18 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 $132.46 —
Aetna Medicare $195.88 —
Aetna Neighborhood Network $218.60 —
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $238.58 —
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $242.89 —
Cigna New Business ASO $266.40 —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $272.12 —
Bravo Medicare $274.24 —
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $274.24 —
Aetna EBR FI $297.74 —
Aetna EBR ASO $313.41 —
Cigna Commercial $313.41 —
Coventry/First Health Commercial $344.75 —
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $352.59 —
InterGroup PPO $391.76 —
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $391.76 —
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $430.94 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $454.54 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $467.45 —
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $470.12 —
Private Health Care Systems PPO $587.65 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $608.76 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $626.08 —
American Healthcare Group Commercial $626.82 —
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $626.82 —
National Provider Network PPO $642.49 —
Health Payors Organization Commercial $705.18 —
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $705.18 —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Streptozocin injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $995.40 $133.72 – $411.28
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,416.00 $133.72 – $133.72
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,809.80 $133.72 – $133.72
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $133.72 – $133.72
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $209.40 $47.81 – $502.27
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $209.40 $69.80 – $296.65
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,356.60 $132.46 – $1,007.82
UPMC Hanover Hanover $209.40 $502.27 – $2,599.60

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