healthcosts.net

Tamoxifen 10 mg tabs 60 each bottle 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

$32.40

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

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

$40.50

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.22 with Aetna vs $23.36 with UPMC Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare $0.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $0.22 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $0.23 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $0.24 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $0.25 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $0.25 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $0.34 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR ASO $0.36 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $0.36 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $0.45 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.49 ↓ -98%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $0.62 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $0.71 ↓ -98%
SelectCare Commercial $0.71 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial $0.76 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $3.40 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $6.11 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $6.14 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $8.18 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $8.22 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $16.35 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $23.36 ↓ -28%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Tamoxifen 10 mg tabs 60 each bottle at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $10.40 $0.22 – $15.03
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $48.60 $0.30 – $27.63
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $48.60 $0.28 – $30.78
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $48.60 $1.94 – $6.59
UPMC Muncy Muncy $14.80 $2.77 – $16.65
UPMC Northwest Seneca $8.20 $0.22 – $23.04
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $14.80 $3.33 – $16.65
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $14.80 $5.00 – $16.65

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →