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Vincristine 1 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

$239.40

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$399.00

Gross charge

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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.

$3.25 with Aetna vs $237.64 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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare $3.25 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3.28 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3.56 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna New Business ASO $3.64 ↓ -98%
Aetna EBR FI $4.94 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $5.19 ↓ -98%
Aetna EBR ASO $5.20 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial $5.20 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6.50 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $8.22 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8.22 ↓ -97%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $9.10 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10.11 ↓ -96%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $10.40 ↓ -96%
SelectCare Commercial $10.40 ↓ -96%
Humana Commercial $11.05 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $56.03 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $88.73 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $89.18 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $118.82 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $119.44 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $237.64 ↓ -1%

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Vincristine 1 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $253.80 $3.25 – $55.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $320.40 $5.19 – $226.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $530.40 $5.19 – $375.70
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $306.00 $8.22 – $375.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $48.60 $6.00 – $36.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $181.60 $3.25 – $79.22
UPMC Somerset Somerset $10.20 $2.36 – $54.94
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $48.60 $7.20 – $36.00

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