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Oral aprepitant at UPMC Western Psychiatric
3811 Ohara St, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1174962435
$73.80
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.
$123.00
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.
$2.73 with Geisinger vs $102.85 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 | $2.73 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $9.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $30.25 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Narrow Network | $35.94 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Fully Insured | $39.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $42.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $60.50 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $72.60 | ↓ -2% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $90.75 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $102.85 | ↑ +39% |
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Oral aprepitant at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $187.20 | $1.72 – $53.41 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $738.00 | $1.72 – $48.77 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,821.60 | $1.72 – $102.85 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $181.80 | $1.72 – $51.09 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,583.40 | $2.73 – $95.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $260.40 | $1.72 – $48.77 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $52.20 | $2.73 – $65.25 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,583.40 | $2.73 – $95.40 |