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Inj brixadi, more than 7 day 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

$4,345.20

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.

$7,242.00

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.

$691.66 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $6,155.70 with Humana — 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 $691.66 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1,062.36 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,682.55 ↓ -61%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,682.55 ↓ -61%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1,682.55 ↓ -61%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,682.55 ↓ -61%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,783.50 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,817.15 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,817.15 ↓ -58%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $1,817.15 ↓ -58%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,817.15 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,817.15 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $1,850.81 ↓ -57%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,850.81 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,069.53 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,166.06 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,227.65 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,366.69 ↓ -46%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,751.96 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,900.99 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,983.48 ↓ -31%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,707.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,069.40 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $5,431.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $5,431.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $5,793.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,793.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $5,793.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $5,793.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $5,801.98 ↑ +34%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $6,155.70 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $6,155.70 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $6,155.70 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Inj brixadi, more than 7 day at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,344.80 $685.14 – $4,887.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,345.20 $1,062.36 – $6,155.70
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $4,345.20 $1,682.55 – $6,155.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,846.40 $678.21 – $3,558.00

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