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Budesonide non-comp unit 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

$1,843.20

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.

$3,072.00

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.

$0.76 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $2,611.20 with InterGroup — 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $0.76 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $0.85 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.35 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.35 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.35 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.35 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.66 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $220.81 ↓ -88%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $552.96 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $691.50 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $711.16 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $768.00 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $926.12 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $952.46 ↓ -48%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,003.93 ↓ -46%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,167.36 ↓ -37%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,536.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,852.24 ↑ +0%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,996.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,150.40 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $2,304.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $2,304.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $2,457.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $2,457.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,457.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,457.60 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $2,611.20 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,611.20 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $2,611.20 ↑ +42%

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Budesonide non-comp unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $714.40 $0.85 – $803.70
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,843.20 $0.79 – $674.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,982.40 $0.83 – $2,106.30
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $1,843.20 $1.35 – $2,611.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $463.20 $1.35 – $521.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $875.20 $0.79 – $929.90
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $463.20 $0.76 – $521.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $463.20 $1.35 – $521.10

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