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Neostigmine methylsulfate 1 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$72.60

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.

$121.00

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.

$1.00 with Aetna vs $13.80 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
Aetna Medicare $1.00 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $1.36 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1.44 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial $1.60 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $1.67 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.69 ↓ -98%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $1.85 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1.88 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2.00 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2.20 ↓ -97%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2.80 ↓ -96%
InterGroup PPO $3.32 ↓ -95%
Humana Commercial $3.40 ↓ -95%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $3.40 ↓ -95%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3.40 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5.15 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5.21 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $6.90 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6.98 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $13.80 ↓ -81%

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Neostigmine methylsulfate 1 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $21.40 $0.75 – $2.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $34.65 $1.88 – $10.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $29.80 $1.88 – $7.65
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $34.65 $1.84 – $10.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $175.20 $2.10 – $12.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $115.80 $2.25 – $7.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $8.40 $0.34 – $1.84
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $166.80 $2.52 – $12.60

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