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Vedolizumab 300 mg intravenous 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

$74.20

Cash price

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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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$92.75

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.

$11.51 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $82.80 with Health Payors Organization — 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 $11.51 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.46 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17.76 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.31 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.31 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $21.31 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $21.87 ↓ -71%
Aetna of PA Medicare $22.38 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $23.01 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $23.01 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $23.01 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare $23.44 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $25.60 ↓ -65%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $25.67 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $26.21 ↓ -65%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $28.01 ↓ -62%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $28.52 ↓ -62%
Cigna New Business ASO $31.28 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $31.95 ↓ -57%
Bravo Medicare $32.20 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $32.74 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $33.67 ↓ -55%
Aetna EBR FI $34.96 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial $36.80 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $36.80 ↓ -50%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $40.48 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $43.85 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $45.09 ↓ -39%
InterGroup PPO $46.00 ↓ -38%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $55.20 ↓ -26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $69.00 ↓ -7%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $73.60 ↓ -1%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $73.60 ↓ -1%
National Provider Network PPO $75.44 ↑ +2%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $82.80 ↑ +12%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $82.80 ↑ +12%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Vedolizumab 300 mg intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $17,628.00 $11.62 – $78.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $22,174.80 $11.62 – $104.55
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $16,630.20 $11.62 – $78.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $27,154.80 $21.31 – $135.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,199.60 $11.39 – $6,499.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $27,154.80 $21.31 – $135.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $27,154.80 $21.31 – $135.90

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