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Cyclosporine oral 100 mg 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

$84.60

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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.

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$141.00

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.

$1.29 with UPMC Health Plan vs $86.26 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 $1.29 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $1.89 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2.04 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2.04 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2.51 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $5.25 ↓ -94%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $5.29 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.42 ↓ -94%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $5.75 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $5.88 ↓ -93%
Cigna New Business ASO $5.88 ↓ -93%
Aetna EBR FI $7.98 ↓ -91%
Aetna EBR ASO $8.40 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial $8.40 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.50 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $11.18 ↓ -87%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $14.70 ↓ -83%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $16.80 ↓ -80%
SelectCare Commercial $16.80 ↓ -80%
Humana Commercial $17.85 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $32.20 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $32.37 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $43.13 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $43.35 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $86.26 ↑ +2%

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Cyclosporine oral 100 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $85.20 $1.29 – $19.80
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $198.60 $2.04 – $281.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $34.00 $2.04 – $37.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $59.40 $1.29 – $62.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $10.20 $1.35 – $10.97
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $34.00 $1.72 – $37.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $34.00 $2.04 – $37.80

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