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Oral netupitant, palonosetro 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

$2,044.20

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.

$3,407.00

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.

$267.01 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,371.72 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 $267.01 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $401.95 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $422.89 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $422.89 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $422.89 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $422.89 ↓ -79%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $448.26 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $456.72 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $456.72 ↓ -78%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $456.72 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $456.72 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $456.72 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $465.18 ↓ -77%
Aetna of PA Medicare $465.18 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $520.16 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,113.41 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,258.77 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,294.56 ↓ -37%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,294.66 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,685.86 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,733.80 ↓ -15%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,214.55 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,384.90 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $2,555.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $2,555.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $2,725.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,725.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,725.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $2,725.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $2,895.95 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $2,895.95 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,895.95 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,371.72 ↑ +65%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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