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Cyanocobalamin unsat binding capacity 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

$104.40

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.

$174.00

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.

$12.36 with UPMC Health Plan vs $147.90 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 Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.36 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.16 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.04 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.46 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.47 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $15.75 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.01 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $22.01 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $24.69 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $27.96 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.67 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.24 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $34.10 ↓ -67%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $43.85 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $47.68 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $48.60 ↓ -53%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $48.72 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $48.72 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $65.09 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $66.12 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $69.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $69.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $80.92 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $108.38 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $121.80 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $130.19 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $139.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $139.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $147.90 ↑ +42%

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Cyanocobalamin unsat binding capacity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $210.00 $13.31 – $297.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $141.00 $11.94 – $211.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $134.40 $14.16 – $190.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $93.60 $12.99 – $132.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $108.60 $14.16 – $144.80

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