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Methylergonovine 0.2 mg/ml (1 ml) injection 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

$42.45

Cash price

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$70.75

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.

$4.03 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $59.50 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $4.03 ↓ -91%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $12.60 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $12.63 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $12.99 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.08 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $16.92 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $17.40 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $17.50 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.72 ↓ -51%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $20.72 ↓ -51%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $20.72 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $20.72 ↓ -51%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $22.88 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.48 ↓ -40%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $26.60 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $33.84 ↓ -20%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $35.00 ↓ -18%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $45.50 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $49.00 ↑ +15%
Fidelis Medicare $52.50 ↑ +24%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $52.50 ↑ +24%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $56.00 ↑ +32%
Multiplan PPO $56.00 ↑ +32%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $56.00 ↑ +32%
SelectCare Commercial $56.00 ↑ +32%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $59.50 ↑ +40%
Humana Commercial $59.50 ↑ +40%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $59.50 ↑ +40%

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Methylergonovine 0.2 mg/ml (1 ml) injection solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $38.40 $4.00 – $43.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $42.45 $4.03 – $54.40
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $42.45 $3.95 – $60.14
UPMC Muncy Muncy $53.00 $9.90 – $59.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $20.20 $6.25 – $21.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $18.00 $2.02 – $22.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $53.00 $11.88 – $59.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $53.00 $17.82 – $59.40

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