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Ondansetron 4 mg s0119 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

$428.40

Cash price

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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.

$714.00

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.

$0.10 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $73.84 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $0.10 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $0.11 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $5.00 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $6.80 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $7.20 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial $8.00 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $8.37 ↓ -98%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $9.24 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.00 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $11.00 ↓ -97%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $14.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $14.67 ↓ -97%
InterGroup PPO $16.60 ↓ -96%
Humana Commercial $17.00 ↓ -96%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $17.00 ↓ -96%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $17.00 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $27.57 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $27.86 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $36.92 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $37.32 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $70.62 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $73.84 ↓ -83%

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Ondansetron 4 mg s0119 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $107.20 $0.11 – $76.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $428.40 $0.09 – $164.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $401.60 $0.18 – $267.75
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $428.40 $14.38 – $164.05
UPMC Muncy Muncy $136.80 $25.65 – $153.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $228.80 $0.17 – $229.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $136.80 $0.16 – $153.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $136.80 $46.17 – $153.90

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