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Degarelix 120 mg subcutaneous solution 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

$20.40

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$34.00

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.

$2.81 with UPMC Health Plan vs $40.72 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 $2.81 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $4.14 ↓ -80%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $4.45 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $4.45 ↓ -78%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $4.45 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $4.45 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $4.45 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $4.67 ↓ -77%
Aetna of PA Medicare $4.67 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $4.81 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $4.81 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $4.81 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $4.89 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $4.89 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5.47 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $8.33 ↓ -59%
Cigna New Business ASO $11.56 ↓ -43%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.24 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $13.60 ↓ -33%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $14.23 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $15.20 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $15.36 ↓ -25%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $15.71 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $20.36 ↓ -0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $20.58 ↑ +1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $23.80 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $28.22 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $28.90 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $28.90 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $28.90 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $40.72 ↑ +100%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Degarelix 120 mg subcutaneous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,352.40 $2.81 – $24.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,902.00 $2.81 – $28.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,262.60 $4.45 – $42.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $457.20 $4.41 – $237.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,262.60 $4.45 – $42.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $78.60 $4.45 – $42.30

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