Racepinephrine hcl soln nebu 2.25% (base equivalent) 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

$7.40

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.

$9.25

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.

$1.24 with UPMC Health Plan vs $10.08 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 Commercial $1.24 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $2.25 ↓ -70%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2.27 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2.32 ↓ -69%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2.47 ↓ -67%
Cigna New Business ASO $2.52 ↓ -66%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2.52 ↓ -66%
Aetna EBR FI $3.42 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial $3.60 ↓ -51%
Aetna EBR ASO $3.60 ↓ -51%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $4.50 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $4.50 ↓ -39%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $4.95 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5.04 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $5.04 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5.13 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5.13 ↓ -31%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $6.30 ↓ -15%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $7.20 ↓ -3%
SelectCare Commercial $7.20 ↓ -3%
Humana Commercial $7.65 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $10.08 ↑ +36%

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Racepinephrine hcl soln nebu 2.25% (base equivalent) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $10.80 $0.80 – $0.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5.55 $1.46 – $1.46
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5.55 $1.63 – $1.63
UPMC Altoona Altoona $5.80 $1.01 – $5.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $7.40 $1.01 – $8.10
UPMC East Monroeville $4.40 $0.60 – $4.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $7.40 $1.22 – $1.22
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $7.00 $1.01 – $1.01

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