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Crotalidae poly immune fab 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

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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.

$7,102.31

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.

$1,154.65 with UPMC Health Plan vs $22,978.03 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 $1,154.65
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,578.92
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,789.78
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1,828.71
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,828.71
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,834.53
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,920.16
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,946.03
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,974.83
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,975.02
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,988.65
Cigna New Business ASO $1,988.65
Aetna Medicare $2,011.59
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,249.32
Aetna EBR FI $2,698.88
Aetna EBR ASO $2,840.92
Cigna Commercial $2,840.92
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2,979.26
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,971.62
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,681.85
SelectCare Commercial $5,681.85
Humana Commercial $6,036.96
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $8,578.97
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $8,622.95
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $11,489.02
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $11,548.55
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $22,978.03
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Crotalidae poly immune fab at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,805.20 $1,154.65 – $9,479.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $1,154.65 – $6,392.08
UPMC Muncy Muncy $14,450.40 $1,828.71 – $21,675.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $14,450.40 $1,828.71 – $21,675.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $6,069.00 $1,828.71 – $9,103.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $1,154.65 – $6,036.96

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