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Pantoprazole in ns IV syringe 0.8 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$104.80

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.

$131.00

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.

$5.30 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $111.35 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5.30 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5.32 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $7.09 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $7.13 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $14.18 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $32.75 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $33.01 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $33.84 ↓ -68%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $35.89 ↓ -66%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $36.68 ↓ -65%
Cigna New Business ASO $36.68 ↓ -65%
Aetna EBR FI $49.78 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR ASO $52.40 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $52.40 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $64.26 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $65.50 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $65.50 ↓ -38%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $72.05 ↓ -31%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $91.70 ↓ -13%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $104.80 ↑ +0%
SelectCare Commercial $104.80 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial $111.35 ↑ +6%

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Pantoprazole in ns IV syringe 0.8 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $34.20 $1.82 – $37.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $201.00 $5.05 – $21.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $165.00 $1.84 – $233.75
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $165.00 $68.75 – $233.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $30.80 $5.70 – $34.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $63.40 $4.73 – $67.15
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $30.80 $6.84 – $34.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $30.80 $8.37 – $27.90

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