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Bendamustine 25 mg/ml intravenous solution (bendeka) at UPMC Presbyterian

200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$87.60

Cash price

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$146.00

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.

$8.52 with UPMC Health Plan vs $145.60 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 $8.52 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13.49 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $13.49 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $13.49 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $13.49 ↓ -85%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $14.30 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.57 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $14.57 ↓ -83%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $14.57 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.57 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.57 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $14.84 ↓ -83%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.84 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.59 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $17.36 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $47.39 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $54.36 ↓ -38%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $55.10 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $55.90 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $72.80 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $74.87 ↓ -15%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $94.25 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $101.50 ↑ +16%
Fidelis Medicare $108.75 ↑ +24%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $108.75 ↑ +24%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $116.00 ↑ +32%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $116.00 ↑ +32%
SelectCare Commercial $116.00 ↑ +32%
Multiplan PPO $116.00 ↑ +32%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $123.25 ↑ +41%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $123.25 ↑ +41%
Humana Commercial $123.25 ↑ +41%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $145.60 ↑ +66%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bendamustine 25 mg/ml intravenous solution (bendeka) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $67.20 $8.52 – $45.68
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $87.00 $8.52 – $95.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $285.60 $8.52 – $43.15
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $87.00 $13.49 – $123.25
UPMC Northwest Seneca $70.80 $8.52 – $43.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $370.80 $13.36 – $463.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $114.00 $13.49 – $171.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $114.00 $13.49 – $171.00

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