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Bleomycin 15 unit solution for injection 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

$2,266.40

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.

$2,833.00

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.

$13.59 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,914.32 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 $13.59 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $18.71 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $18.86 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.33 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $20.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $20.95 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $20.95 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.52 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $21.52 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $26.48 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $28.44 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR ASO $29.93 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $29.93 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $34.96 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.41 ↓ -98%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $52.38 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $59.86 ↓ -97%
SelectCare Commercial $59.86 ↓ -97%
Humana Commercial $63.61 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $475.39 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $714.72 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $718.38 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $957.16 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $962.12 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,914.32 ↓ -16%

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Bleomycin 15 unit solution for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,014.40 $13.59 – $470.91
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,601.60 $13.59 – $2,553.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,601.60 $13.59 – $3,685.60
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $2,601.60 $21.52 – $3,685.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $306.40 $21.52 – $344.70
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,089.00 $13.59 – $638.11
UPMC Somerset Somerset $34.20 $10.10 – $466.15
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $306.40 $21.52 – $344.70

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