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Mycophenolate mofetil 250 mg capsule at UPMC Northwest

100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$34.40

Cash price

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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.

$43.00

Gross charge

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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.

$0.10 with UPMC Health Plan vs $36.55 with Humana — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $0.10 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.16 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.16 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.16 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.19 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $10.32 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $10.75 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $12.72 ↓ -63%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.53 ↓ -55%
Aetna EBR ASO $17.20 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $17.20 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $21.50 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $24.94 ↓ -28%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $25.80 ↓ -25%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $26.53 ↓ -23%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $27.09 ↓ -21%
Cigna New Business ASO $27.09 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $27.95 ↓ -19%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $30.10 ↓ -13%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $30.96 ↓ -10%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $34.40 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial $36.55 ↑ +6%

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Mycophenolate mofetil 250 mg capsule at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $18.60 $0.10 – $13.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $120.00 $0.16 – $6.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $100.20 $0.10 – $22.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $273.60 $0.10 – $130.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $10.20 $0.16 – $3.94
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $57.80 $0.10 – $25.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $120.00 $0.16 – $6.30
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $100.20 $0.16 – $130.05

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