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Pembrolizumab 25 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

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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.

$13,893.68

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.

$31.22 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $11,809.63 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 Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $31.22
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $38.07
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $52.05
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $60.29
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $60.29
Aetna of PA Medicare $63.30
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $65.11
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $65.11
Aetna Medicare $66.32
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $74.16
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $89.91
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $90.38
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $120.41
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $121.04
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $240.83
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,501.21
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3,588.74
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3,806.87
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3,890.23
Cigna New Business ASO $3,890.23
Aetna EBR FI $5,279.60
Aetna EBR ASO $5,557.47
Cigna Commercial $5,557.47
Coventry/First Health Commercial $9,725.58
Private Health Care Systems PPO $11,114.94
SelectCare Commercial $11,114.94
Humana Commercial $11,809.63
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Pembrolizumab 25 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $199.20 $30.93 – $224.10
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $7,026.00 $31.22 – $140.25
UPMC Northwest Seneca $199.20 $38.07 – $211.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $850.20 $30.62 – $1,062.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $287.20 $60.29 – $323.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $21,534.00 $53.85 – $323.10
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $21,534.00 $60.29 – $323.10

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