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Romiplostim 125 mcg subcutaneous 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

$34.60

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$43.25

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.

$6.95 with UPMC Health Plan vs $36.55 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 Medicaid $6.95 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $9.51 ↓ -73%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $10.84 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.01 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $11.01 ↓ -68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.11 ↓ -68%
Aetna of PA Medicare $11.56 ↓ -67%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $11.78 ↓ -66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.89 ↓ -66%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $11.89 ↓ -66%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $12.04 ↓ -65%
Cigna New Business ASO $12.04 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $12.11 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $12.21 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $12.27 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $13.55 ↓ -61%
Aetna EBR FI $16.34 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $16.35 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $16.44 ↓ -52%
Aetna EBR ASO $17.20 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $17.20 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $21.50 ↓ -38%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $30.10 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $32.71 ↓ -5%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $34.40 ↓ -1%
SelectCare Commercial $34.40 ↓ -1%
Humana Commercial $36.55 ↑ +6%

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Romiplostim 125 mcg subcutaneous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $34.60 $4.20 – $35.10
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $25.95 $6.95 – $22.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $25.95 $4.24 – $36.55
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $25.95 $11.01 – $36.76
UPMC Muncy Muncy $44.60 $3.94 – $23.62
UPMC Northwest Seneca $34.60 $6.95 – $33.15
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $44.60 $4.72 – $23.62
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $44.60 $7.05 – $23.40

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