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Buprenorphine 8 mg-naloxone 2 mg sublingual tablet 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

$36.60

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.

$61.00

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.

$6.49 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $54.46 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $6.49 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $8.60 ↓ -77%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $10.98 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $15.25 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.93 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $20.33 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $20.91 ↓ -43%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $23.18 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $27.23 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $28.01 ↓ -23%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $28.60 ↓ -22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $30.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $33.55 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $39.65 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $42.70 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $45.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $45.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $48.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $48.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $48.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $48.80 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $51.85 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $51.85 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $51.85 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $54.46 ↑ +49%

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Buprenorphine 8 mg-naloxone 2 mg sublingual tablet at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $36.00 $6.43 – $40.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $36.60 $6.49 – $39.95
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $36.40 $6.49 – $38.67
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $36.60 $6.36 – $51.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $64.40 $12.07 – $72.45
UPMC Northwest Seneca $25.00 $7.81 – $26.56
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $64.40 $8.60 – $72.45
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $64.40 $21.73 – $72.45

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