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Influenza virus vaccine, inact hemagglutinin tiv pf inj 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

$40.00

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.

$50.00

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.

$11.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $213.62 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 $11.00 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $12.50 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $12.60 ↓ -69%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $13.70 ↓ -66%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.74 ↓ -66%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $14.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna New Business ASO $14.00 ↓ -65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.83 ↓ -63%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.61 ↓ -61%
Aetna EBR FI $19.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR ASO $20.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $20.00 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $25.00 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $27.70 ↓ -31%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $35.00 ↓ -13%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $40.00 ↑ +0%
SelectCare Commercial $40.00 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial $42.50 ↑ +6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $79.76 ↑ +99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $80.16 ↑ +100%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $98.16 ↑ +145%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $106.81 ↑ +167%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $107.36 ↑ +168%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $120.74 ↑ +202%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $213.62 ↑ +434%

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Influenza virus vaccine, inact hemagglutinin tiv pf inj at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $40.00 $11.00 – $98.16
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $30.00 $11.00 – $98.16
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $30.00 $11.00 – $98.16
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $30.00 $12.50 – $98.16
UPMC Muncy Muncy $40.00 $7.50 – $45.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $40.00 $11.00 – $98.16
UPMC Somerset Somerset $93.60 $11.00 – $37.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $40.00 $9.00 – $45.00

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