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Warde vitamin b6 (pyridoxine) 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

$298.80

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.

$498.00

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.

$23.42 with UPMC Health Plan vs $448.20 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $23.42 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $27.77 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $28.10 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $28.84 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $29.50 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $30.35 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $30.35 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $30.35 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $30.91 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $42.70 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $44.64 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $57.57 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $59.20 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $61.43 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.16 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $76.36 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $115.32 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $138.94 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $151.64 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $154.38 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $154.43 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $169.32 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $174.30 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $182.27 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $189.24 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $199.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $199.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $214.59 ↓ -28%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $219.12 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $244.11 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $249.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $298.80 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $373.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $398.40 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $398.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $408.36 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $448.20 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $448.20 ↑ +50%

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Warde vitamin b6 (pyridoxine) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $478.20 $26.11 – $677.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $397.80 $27.77 – $563.55
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $310.20 $24.26 – $439.45
UPMC Muncy Muncy $226.80 $27.77 – $302.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $198.00 $25.48 – $280.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $143.40 $27.77 – $179.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $274.40 $27.77 – $308.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $226.80 $27.77 – $302.40

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