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Granisetron hcl 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

$2,659.20

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.

$4,432.00

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.

$0.12 with UPMC Health Plan vs $140.53 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 $0.12 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.19 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.19 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.23 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $1.71 ↓ -100%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1.72 ↓ -100%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1.76 ↓ -100%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1.87 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1.91 ↓ -100%
Cigna New Business ASO $1.91 ↓ -100%
Aetna EBR FI $2.60 ↓ -100%
Aetna EBR ASO $2.73 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial $2.73 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3.42 ↓ -100%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4.78 ↓ -100%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5.46 ↓ -100%
SelectCare Commercial $5.46 ↓ -100%
Humana Commercial $5.81 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $33.29 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $52.47 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $52.74 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $70.27 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $70.63 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $140.53 ↓ -95%

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Granisetron hcl injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,434.00 $0.12 – $32.98
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,036.20 $0.12 – $137.70
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $181.80 $0.19 – $257.55
UPMC Muncy Muncy $27.00 $0.19 – $3.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $728.40 $0.12 – $46.84
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $27.00 $0.19 – $3.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $27.00 $0.19 – $0.90

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