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Mesna 100 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$3,211.20

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.

$5,352.00

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.

$1.17 with UPMC Health Plan vs $910.35 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 $1.17 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.86 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.86 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.86 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.86 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2.29 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $117.22 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $189.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $192.78 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $194.55 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $253.35 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $260.56 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $267.75 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $350.00 ↓ -89%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $406.98 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $506.70 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $535.50 ↓ -83%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $696.15 ↓ -78%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $749.70 ↓ -77%
Fidelis Medicare $803.25 ↓ -75%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $803.25 ↓ -75%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $856.80 ↓ -73%
Multiplan PPO $856.80 ↓ -73%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $856.80 ↓ -73%
SelectCare Commercial $856.80 ↓ -73%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $910.35 ↓ -72%
Humana Commercial $910.35 ↓ -72%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $910.35 ↓ -72%

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Mesna 100 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $908.40 $1.00 – $116.12
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $642.60 $1.86 – $910.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $153.60 $1.86 – $45.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,001.60 $1.00 – $155.29
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $153.60 $1.86 – $45.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $40.80 $1.86 – $45.90

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