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Vinblastine 1 mg/ml intravenous 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

$699.00

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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.

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$1,165.00

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.

$3.35 with UPMC Health Plan vs $111.80 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $3.35 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $5.30 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.30 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $5.30 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $6.52 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $29.07 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $29.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna New Business ASO $40.12 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $41.74 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $42.19 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $42.47 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial $47.20 ↓ -93%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $49.38 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $54.52 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $55.90 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $56.50 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $59.00 ↓ -92%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $82.60 ↓ -88%
InterGroup PPO $97.94 ↓ -86%
Humana Commercial $100.30 ↓ -86%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $100.30 ↓ -86%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $100.30 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $111.80 ↓ -84%

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Vinblastine 1 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $91.20 $2.08 – $28.79
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $159.60 $3.35 – $199.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $94.80 $2.08 – $29.07
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $141.00 $5.30 – $199.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $199.20 $5.30 – $298.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $91.20 $2.08 – $39.08
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3.00 $1.68 – $28.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $199.20 $5.30 – $29.70

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