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Inj., benralizumab, 1 mg 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

$16,340.40

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.

$27,234.00

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.

$103.92 with UPMC Health Plan vs $933.91 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 $103.92 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $111.33 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $164.59 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $164.59 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $164.59 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $164.59 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $174.47 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $177.76 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $177.76 ↓ -99%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $177.76 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $177.76 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $177.76 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $181.05 ↓ -99%
Aetna of PA Medicare $181.05 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $202.44 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $314.05 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $348.66 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $358.57 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $365.18 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $466.96 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $480.23 ↓ -97%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $624.65 ↓ -96%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $672.70 ↓ -96%
Fidelis Medicare $720.75 ↓ -96%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $720.75 ↓ -96%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $768.80 ↓ -95%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $768.80 ↓ -95%
SelectCare Commercial $768.80 ↓ -95%
Multiplan PPO $768.80 ↓ -95%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $816.85 ↓ -95%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $816.85 ↓ -95%
Humana Commercial $816.85 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $933.91 ↓ -94%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Inj., benralizumab, 1 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $13,770.60 $103.92 – $605.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $13,770.60 $103.92 – $650.25
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $576.60 $109.10 – $816.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $568.00 $106.50 – $639.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3,405.60 $109.17 – $4,257.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $568.00 $127.80 – $639.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $568.00 $164.59 – $639.00

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