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Inj melpha hydroch nos 50 mg 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

$6,460.20

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.

$10,767.00

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.

$60.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $9,151.95 with Humana — 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 $60.55 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $89.12 ↓ -99%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $95.90 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $95.90 ↓ -99%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $95.90 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $95.90 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $95.90 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $100.69 ↓ -98%
Aetna of PA Medicare $100.69 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $103.56 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $103.57 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $103.57 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $105.49 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $105.49 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $117.96 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $343.94 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,691.99 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,710.25 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,266.11 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,290.51 ↓ -65%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,660.78 ↓ -43%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3,875.04 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $4,306.80 ↓ -33%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $4,505.99 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,532.23 ↓ -30%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $4,974.35 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $7,536.90 ↑ +17%
InterGroup PPO $8,936.61 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $9,151.95 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $9,151.95 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $9,151.95 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Inj melpha hydroch nos 50 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,460.20 $60.55 – $9,151.95
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $6,460.20 $95.90 – $9,151.95
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $60.55 – $2,168.08
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $60.55 – $2,047.63
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $60.55 – $2,047.63

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