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Aminocaproic acid 5 g/250 ml 0.9% nacl IV - cnr at UPMC St. Margaret

815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$10.20

Cash price

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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.

$12.75

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.

$1.08 with UPMC Health Plan vs $13.44 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 $1.08 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.71 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1.71 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2.11 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $3.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3.02 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3.10 ↓ -70%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3.29 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3.36 ↓ -67%
Cigna New Business ASO $3.36 ↓ -67%
Aetna EBR FI $4.56 ↓ -55%
Aetna EBR ASO $4.80 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial $4.80 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $6.00 ↓ -41%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6.00 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $6.72 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $6.72 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6.84 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $6.84 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $8.40 ↓ -18%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $9.60 ↓ -6%
SelectCare Commercial $9.60 ↓ -6%
Humana Commercial $10.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $13.44 ↑ +32%

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Aminocaproic acid 5 g/250 ml 0.9% nacl IV - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $8.20 $1.08 – $9.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $9.15 $1.08 – $10.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $9.15 $1.08 – $12.75
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $9.15 $1.71 – $12.96
UPMC Muncy Muncy $8.00 $1.50 – $9.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $13.00 $1.08 – $13.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $8.00 $1.71 – $9.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $8.00 $1.71 – $9.00

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