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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$22.80
Cash price 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.
$38.00
Gross charge 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.
$1.38 with UPMC Health Plan vs $16.69 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $1.38 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $1.60 | ↓ -93% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $1.99 | ↓ -91% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $2.18 | ↓ -90% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $2.18 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $2.18 | ↓ -90% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $2.18 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $3.42 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $4.75 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $6.21 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $6.23 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $6.41 | ↓ -72% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $7.22 | ↓ -68% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $8.34 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $8.58 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $9.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $12.35 | ↓ -46% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $13.30 | ↓ -42% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $14.25 | ↓ -38% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $14.25 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $15.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $15.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $15.20 | ↓ -33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $15.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $16.15 | ↓ -29% |
| Humana | Commercial | $16.15 | ↓ -29% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $16.15 | ↓ -29% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $16.69 | ↓ -27% |
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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $29.80 | $0.38 – $2.18 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $27.20 | $0.38 – $2.18 |
| UPMC Western Psychiatric | Pittsburgh | $11.40 | $1.95 – $16.15 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $324.00 | $1.38 – $8.50 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $19.80 | $0.38 – $5.11 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $12.00 | $0.34 – $5.41 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $41.60 | $1.62 – $5.40 |