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Ropivacaine 0.2 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at UPMC Western Psychiatric
3811 Ohara St, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1174962435
$2.70
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.
$4.50
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.
$0.05 with Geisinger vs $3.40 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 | $0.05 | ↓ -98% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $0.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Narrow Network | $1.19 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Fully Insured | $1.32 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1.40 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $2.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $3.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $3.40 | ↑ +26% |
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Ropivacaine 0.2 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $268.80 | $0.03 – $0.90 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,252.80 | $0.03 – $0.85 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,503.60 | $0.03 – $0.85 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $171.00 | $0.03 – $0.85 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $178.80 | $0.05 – $0.90 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $114.60 | $0.03 – $0.85 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $9.00 | $0.05 – $11.25 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $178.80 | $0.05 – $0.90 |