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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at UPMC Western Psychiatric
3811 Ohara St, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1174962435
$52.50
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$87.50
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$2.93 with Geisinger vs $74.38 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Geisinger | CHIP | $2.93 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $9.32 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Narrow Network | $25.99 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Fully Insured | $28.88 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $30.62 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $52.50 | ↑ +0% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $65.62 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $74.38 | ↑ +42% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $9,910.20 | $1.85 – $468.63 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $7,828.80 | $1.85 – $446.32 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $17,923.80 | $2.93 – $53.10 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $2,322.00 | $2.90 – $144.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $17,923.80 | $2.93 – $53.10 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $5,376.60 | $2.93 – $53.10 |