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Bendamustine 25 mg/ml intravenous solution (bendeka) at UPMC Passavant-McCandless

9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 7, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$87.00

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$145.00

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.

$8.52 with UPMC Health Plan vs $127.67 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 $8.52 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.54 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $13.49 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $13.49 ↓ -84%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $13.49 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $13.49 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $13.49 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $14.16 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.16 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.57 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.57 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.57 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $14.84 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $14.84 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.59 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $17.36 ↓ -80%
Cigna New Business ASO $38.08 ↓ -56%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $40.31 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial $44.80 ↓ -49%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $46.87 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $47.66 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $48.18 ↓ -45%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $51.74 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $63.84 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $64.52 ↓ -26%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $78.40 ↓ -10%
InterGroup PPO $92.96 ↑ +7%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $95.20 ↑ +9%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $95.20 ↑ +9%
Humana Commercial $95.20 ↑ +9%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $127.67 ↑ +47%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bendamustine 25 mg/ml intravenous solution (bendeka) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $67.20 $8.52 – $45.68
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $87.60 $8.52 – $123.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $285.60 $8.52 – $43.15
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $87.00 $13.49 – $123.25
UPMC Northwest Seneca $70.80 $8.52 – $43.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $370.80 $13.36 – $463.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $114.00 $13.49 – $171.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $114.00 $13.49 – $171.00

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