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Mayo valpg valproic acid free therapeutic drug level 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

$205.80

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.

$343.00

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.

$11.69 with UPMC Health Plan vs $291.55 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.

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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 Medicare $11.69 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $12.59 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.38 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.22 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.62 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.62 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $14.89 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $16.23 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $16.23 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.87 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $21.89 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $23.03 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $25.14 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $29.31 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $36.44 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $38.73 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $48.81 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $58.63 ↓ -72%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $86.44 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $93.98 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $96.04 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $96.04 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $130.34 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $137.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $137.20 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $240.10 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $274.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $274.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $291.55 ↑ +42%

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Mayo valpg valproic acid free therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $189.00 $11.29 – $283.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $490.80 $12.59 – $695.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.00 $12.28 – $136.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $183.60 $13.38 – $244.80

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