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Finasteride, 5 mg at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$35.55
Cash price 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.
$59.25
Gross charge 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.
$0.07 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $39.82 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $0.07 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $4.05 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $4.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $5.62 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $7.35 | ↓ -79% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $8.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $11.25 | ↓ -68% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $12.38 | ↓ -65% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $14.62 | ↓ -59% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $14.87 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $15.29 | ↓ -57% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $15.75 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $16.88 | ↓ -53% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $16.88 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $18.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $18.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $18.00 | ↓ -49% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $18.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $19.12 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Commercial | $19.12 | ↓ -46% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $19.12 | ↓ -46% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $19.91 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $20.48 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $25.99 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $39.82 | ↑ +12% |
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Finasteride, 5 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $11.00 | $3.44 – $12.69 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $35.55 | $0.07 – $23.32 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $49.80 | $0.08 – $52.91 |
| UPMC Western Psychiatric | Pittsburgh | $35.55 | $4.65 – $19.12 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $20.60 | $3.86 – $23.18 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $32.20 | $0.07 – $34.21 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $20.60 | $0.07 – $23.18 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $20.60 | $6.95 – $23.18 |