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Abobotulinumtoxina at UPMC Western Psychiatric

3811 Ohara St, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1174962435

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$51.15

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.

$85.25

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.

$8.75 with Geisinger vs $72.46 with Health Payors Organization — 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
Geisinger CHIP $8.75 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $9.45 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $9.62 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $14.88 ↓ -71%
Aetna Narrow Network $25.32 ↓ -50%
Aetna Fully Insured $28.13 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial $29.84 ↓ -42%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $51.15 ↑ +0%
Fidelis Medicare $63.94 ↑ +25%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $72.46 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Abobotulinumtoxina at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $68.20 $5.53 – $72.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $51.15 $5.53 – $72.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $64.60 $5.53 – $68.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $64.60 $5.53 – $68.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $61.20 $8.75 – $68.40

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →