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Inj mepivacaine hcl/10 ml at UPMC Western Psychiatric
3811 Ohara St, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1174962435
$33.30
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.
$55.50
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.
$0.53 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $21.46 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.
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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $0.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Geisinger | CHIP | $3.95 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $6.31 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Narrow Network | $7.50 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Fully Insured | $8.33 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $8.84 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $12.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $15.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $18.94 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $21.46 | ↓ -36% |
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Inj mepivacaine hcl/10 ml at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $13.80 | $0.54 – $9.90 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $105.00 | $0.54 – $7.65 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $99.00 | $0.54 – $21.25 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $14.40 | $0.54 – $9.35 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $31.80 | $1.50 – $9.00 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $31.80 | $1.80 – $9.00 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $8.60 | $2.70 – $9.00 |