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Interferon alfa-2b inj at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$4,544.40
Cash price 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.
$7,574.00
Gross charge 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.
$20.59 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $130.05 with Humana — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $20.59 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $38.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $38.56 | ↓ -99% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $39.52 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $41.92 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $42.84 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $42.84 | ↓ -99% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $44.15 | ↓ -99% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $44.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $58.14 | ↓ -99% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $59.12 | ↓ -99% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $59.43 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $61.20 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $61.20 | ↓ -99% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $75.05 | ↓ -98% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $76.50 | ↓ -98% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $84.15 | ↓ -98% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $107.10 | ↓ -98% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $118.24 | ↓ -97% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $122.40 | ↓ -97% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $122.40 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | Commercial | $130.05 | ↓ -97% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Interferon alfa-2b inj at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $112.80 | $20.59 – $113.05 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | not published | $20.39 – $594.32 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,111.20 | $27.75 – $166.50 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $108.00 | $39.41 – $153.00 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,111.20 | $33.30 – $166.50 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $111.00 | $49.95 – $166.50 |