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Trimethobenzamide hcl inj 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

$98.40

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.

$164.00

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.

$4.24 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $105.40 with Private Health Care Systems — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $4.24 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $13.60 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $13.75 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $18.22 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $18.42 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $31.00 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $36.31 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $36.44 ↓ -63%
Cigna New Business ASO $42.16 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $44.63 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial $49.60 ↓ -50%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $51.89 ↓ -47%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $57.29 ↓ -42%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $57.51 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $57.51 ↓ -42%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $57.51 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $62.00 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $70.73 ↓ -28%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $86.80 ↓ -12%
InterGroup PPO $102.92 ↑ +5%
Humana Commercial $105.40 ↑ +7%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $105.40 ↑ +7%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $105.40 ↑ +7%

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Trimethobenzamide hcl inj at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $99.20 $4.20 – $111.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $98.40 $4.24 – $139.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $99.20 $4.24 – $105.40
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $98.40 $4.16 – $139.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $162.60 $17.70 – $106.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $77.60 $12.74 – $82.45
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $162.60 $21.24 – $106.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $94.40 $31.86 – $106.20

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