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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at UPMC Western Psychiatric
3811 Ohara St, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1174962435
$253.20
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.
$422.00
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.
$16.20 with Geisinger vs $195.50 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 | $16.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $29.44 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $57.50 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Narrow Network | $68.31 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Fully Insured | $75.90 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $80.50 | ↓ -68% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $115.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $138.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $172.50 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $195.50 | ↓ -23% |
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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $529.20 | $10.23 – $129.60 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $253.20 | $10.23 – $195.50 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $759.00 | $10.23 – $195.50 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $389.40 | $10.23 – $551.65 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $31.20 | $1.01 – $29.46 |