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Injection, fulvestrant 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

$912.80

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.

$1,141.00

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.

$4.25 with UPMC Health Plan vs $834.94 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 $4.25 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $5.81 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.73 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $6.73 ↓ -99%
Aetna of PA Medicare $7.07 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.27 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $7.27 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $7.40 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8.28 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $37.68 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $38.62 ↓ -96%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $40.97 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $41.87 ↓ -95%
Cigna New Business ASO $41.87 ↓ -95%
Aetna EBR FI $56.82 ↓ -94%
Aetna EBR ASO $59.81 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial $59.81 ↓ -93%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $104.67 ↓ -89%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $119.62 ↓ -87%
SelectCare Commercial $119.62 ↓ -87%
Humana Commercial $127.10 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $168.34 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $311.73 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $313.33 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $417.47 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $419.63 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $834.94 ↓ -9%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Injection, fulvestrant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,940.80 $4.25 – $166.75
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,829.40 $4.25 – $250.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $9,219.60 $4.25 – $1,305.60
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $921.60 $6.73 – $1,305.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $4,423.20 $6.73 – $663.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $6,048.60 $4.25 – $127.10
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,423.20 $6.73 – $663.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $589.60 $6.73 – $663.30

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