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Inj, brixadi, 7 days or less 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

$814.80

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.

$1,358.00

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.

$265.59 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,333.67 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 $265.59 ↓ -67%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $342.22 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $350.77 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $363.18 ↓ -55%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $372.09 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $380.24 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $380.24 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $420.64 ↓ -48%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $420.64 ↓ -48%
Aetna of PA Medicare $441.67 ↓ -46%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $454.25 ↓ -44%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $454.29 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare $462.70 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $497.93 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $500.49 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $516.04 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $517.38 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $543.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $543.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $666.83 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $670.29 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $679.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $950.60 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,086.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,086.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,154.30 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,333.67 ↑ +64%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Inj, brixadi, 7 days or less at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,086.40 $171.29 – $1,222.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,086.00 $265.59 – $1,538.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,086.00 $172.92 – $1,538.50
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $1,086.00 $420.64 – $1,538.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $814.80 $265.59 – $1,154.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $533.40 $169.56 – $666.75

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