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Fentanyl citrate (pf) 50 mcg/ml injection for compounding (wrapper) 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

$400.20

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.

$667.00

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.

$0.69 with UPMC Health Plan vs $21.25 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $0.69 ↓ -100%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $1.01 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.10 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.10 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.10 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.10 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.35 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $1.76 ↓ -100%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $4.50 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5.52 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5.68 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $6.25 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $7.40 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $7.61 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.17 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $9.50 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.50 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $14.80 ↓ -96%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $16.25 ↓ -96%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $17.50 ↓ -96%
Fidelis Medicare $18.75 ↓ -95%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $18.75 ↓ -95%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $20.00 ↓ -95%
Multiplan PPO $20.00 ↓ -95%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $20.00 ↓ -95%
SelectCare Commercial $20.00 ↓ -95%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $21.25 ↓ -95%
Humana Commercial $21.25 ↓ -95%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $21.25 ↓ -95%

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Fentanyl citrate (pf) 50 mcg/ml injection for compounding (wrapper) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $291.00 $0.53 – $1.89
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $451.20 $0.69 – $11.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $315.00 $0.53 – $1.78
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $16.20 $1.10 – $21.68
UPMC Muncy Muncy $218.40 $0.15 – $0.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $144.00 $0.53 – $4.53
UPMC Somerset Somerset $35.40 $0.34 – $1.73
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $218.40 $0.18 – $1.10

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