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Russell viper venom diluted 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

$2,118.60

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.

$3,531.00

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.

$9.47 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,341.30 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.47 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $10.35 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Medicare $10.35 ↓ -100%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $10.35 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.35 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10.35 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $10.54 ↓ -100%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.54 ↓ -100%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $11.01 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $11.68 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $12.85 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $14.02 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $15.18 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $17.32 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.18 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.48 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $19.17 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $19.91 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $26.25 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $43.64 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $58.43 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $68.97 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $92.37 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $116.87 ↓ -94%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,025.70 ↓ -52%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,104.60 ↓ -48%
Fidelis Medicare $1,183.50 ↓ -44%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,183.50 ↓ -44%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,262.40 ↓ -40%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,262.40 ↓ -40%
SelectCare Commercial $1,262.40 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PPO $1,262.40 ↓ -40%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,341.30 ↓ -37%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,341.30 ↓ -37%
Humana Commercial $1,341.30 ↓ -37%

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Russell viper venom diluted at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $225.00 $8.90 – $318.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $105.00 $7.99 – $157.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $192.60 $8.27 – $272.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $424.20 $9.47 – $565.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $119.40 $8.69 – $169.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $48.60 $9.47 – $60.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $751.20 $9.47 – $576.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $424.20 $9.47 – $565.60

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