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Gadopentetate dimeglumine 469.01 mg/ml (46.9 %) intravenous (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

$282.00

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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.

$470.00

Gross charge

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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.

$0.93 with UPMC Health Plan vs $40.14 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 $0.93 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.48 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.48 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.48 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.48 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.82 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $2.88 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $4.00 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.15 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $4.79 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $4.82 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.00 ↓ -97%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $10.40 ↓ -96%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $11.20 ↓ -96%
Fidelis Medicare $12.00 ↓ -96%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $12.00 ↓ -96%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $12.80 ↓ -95%
Multiplan PPO $12.80 ↓ -95%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $12.80 ↓ -95%
SelectCare Commercial $12.80 ↓ -95%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $13.60 ↓ -95%
Humana Commercial $13.60 ↓ -95%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $13.60 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $14.99 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $15.41 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $20.07 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $20.64 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $40.14 ↓ -86%

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Gadopentetate dimeglumine 469.01 mg/ml (46.9 %) intravenous (wrapper) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $15.00 $0.93 – $10.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $15.00 $0.93 – $10.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $15.00 $0.93 – $10.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $70.20 $1.48 – $8.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $19.20 $0.93 – $12.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2.40 $1.43 – $4.69
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $14.40 $1.48 – $9.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $14.40 $1.48 – $8.80

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